As we have already posted, all students in years 3 and 4 have visited the exhibition Mummies of Egypt: rediscovering six lives. Two students would like to share what they learnt.

Iván Albarracín (3º ESO C) and Sergio Refoyo (3º ESO B) have summarized The Last Judgement and the process of mummification for you:

Sergio explains the process of mummification:

First, the body is shaved and cleaned to avoid decomposition. Then, the brain is removed with a hook through the nostrils. Then, they cut the left side of the body and remove all internal organs. The lungs, intestines, stomach and liver are kept in canopic jars. They place the heart back inside the body. They cover the body with salt for 70 days. Finally, they stuff the body with linen and sawdust to give it a human shape. Finally, they wrap the body from head to toe in bandages and place it in a stone sarcophagus or wooden coffin.

Ivan explains the Last Judgement:

The dead is led to the Last Judgement by a god with a jackal head, called Anubis. He is holding the symbol of eternal life. To reach eternal paradise, the dead had to pass through the trial by Osiris. This trial involves the weighing of one's heart against the feather of truth. If the heart is lighter than the feather, the dead will be brought into the afterlife, because that means that the person had an ethical life. However, if the heart is heavier, a beast with the head of a crocodile, the body of a lion and hind-quarters of a hippopotamus, Ammit, will devour the dead.