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OddScentedDoorknob t1_ixfpvch wrote

Reply to comment by MadRoboticist in Ancient Egyptian mummification was never intended to preserve bodies by IslandChillin

To be fair, if you have removed the organs, have you truly preserved the body?

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"Thanks! Wait, there are no chips in it."

"I said I saved you a bag of chips."

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MadRoboticist t1_ixftary wrote

That's just down to the Egyptians' knowledge of physiology and beliefs about what preservation meant. The Egyptians believed you thought with your heart and that was really the organ you needed to return and hence left that in the body. They obviously had some belief in magic and I think as part of the resurrection process they would have thought that the returned person would be able to use some spells to fully restore themselves.

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