29K views · 511 reactions | The discovery of a 5,000-year-old mummy in Africa is raising questions. Was mummification knowledge born in Egypt, or did it originate in the central Sahara? This find suggests the practice may predate Egyptian mummies by 1,000 years. #mummy #mummification #Egypt #Sahara #history #archeology | Odyssey - Ancient History | Facebook

586K views · 2.7K shares | The ancient Egyptians developed a sophisticated method to preserve a dead body for the afterlife: mummification. First, the internal organs were removed and all moisture from the body was eliminated. Next, the body was wrapped with long strips of linen, and then covered with a large linen cloth. Follow the steps of the mummification process in this short animation about the Getty Museum's Romano-Egyptian mummy Herakleides. | Mahmoud Younes - Egyptologist | Facebook