Ancient Egyptian funerary practices

300px|thumb|A mummified man likely to be Ramesses I A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions. Some authorities restrict the use of the term to bodies deliberately embalmed with chemicals, but the use of the word to cover accidentally desiccated bodies goes back to at least the early 17th century.

jar in which the organs of a mummy are kept

ancient Egyptian Funerary Rite

elaborate set of funerary practices

temples beside royal tombs in Ancient Egypt

cases used by Ancient Egyptians to contain internal organs removed during mummification

Dedicatory formula on funerary objects

thumb|upright|Rear of a cartonnage Anubis mask, Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemaic era thumb|upright|This mummy of an unknown girl has a cartonnage composed of layers of linen and plaster. The Walters Art Museum. Cartonnage or cartonage is a type of material used in ancient Egyptian funerary masks from the First Intermediate Period to the Roman era. It was made of layers of linen or papyrus covered with plaster. Some of the Fayum mummy portraits are also painted on panels made of cartonnage.

1991 book by Françoise Dunand & Roger Lichtenberg, from “Abrams Discoveries” series

Egyptian offering trays