Mummies

Mummies are much more than strips of cloth wrapped around a body. You know, like this:

There's also much more to mummies than horror movies. You know, like this:

There were many steps to making a real mummy. Today's reading goes through some of them, but not in too much detail. This video does a good job of giving a step by step description of what happens to a person from when they die until they are officially a mummy. After watching the video, ask yourself this: do you think everyone in ancient Egypt was turned into a mummy? Why or why not?