Submitted by IslandChillin t3_z1yao6 in history
MadRoboticist t1_ixftary wrote
Reply to comment by OddScentedDoorknob in Ancient Egyptian mummification was never intended to preserve bodies by IslandChillin
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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