Here are the comprehension questions about the article "The Cult of the Dead". Please provide the paragraph number on your response (along with page; 1 or two). Some questions only require your personal opinion; you do not have to provide page numbers for those.
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
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1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
only some were mummy-makers, and no one else wanted to know.
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?If you lost skin or limbs in death you also lost them in paradise, so it was very important.
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
first the brain was extracted with a bronze hook, the the internal organs were removed and the body was covered in natron for 40-70 days, finally in was bandeged and buried.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was. Using reeds and leather to sculpt a nose or using seashells as false mummy eyes.
Ok anonymous person who wrote, you are supposed to e-mail Mrs. Velez. And you won't even get credit for this probably because you did not leave your name on the comment. or the page numbers. Smart.
commmenting on anonimo who didn't leave thier name. your answers are actually pretty good. don't worry i won't copy them. but, ya just an FYI
i found the mumiffication proccess very very interesting. it would be soo wiered if they had to that though if you were a live... that would hurt a lot! i think it was a good way to perserve them though. with out that or anything we wouldn't know much about them/ Pharoes. it was also cool that they handled every thing with care and cleaned everything ... took out the brain and put some of that stuff in jars. i wonder though where the jars are/ what happened to them. maybe you should think about that next commenter. by:unanimous
ok then. i don't like scrabble
I thought the brain thing was really really really gross. I mean they took it out through it's nose!!! That is like as gross as you can get, well not really but still. i mean its like a major form of nose picking. Sick!
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
Mummification was called “The Cult of the Dead” because you had to be mummified to live on in the afterlife. It’s described as a cult because you had to be dead and mummified to “join”.
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
Mummification was essential to live in the paradise of the afterlife. Your body needed to be perfectly preserved to live on. It was also important to have your whole body preserved, because, for example if you lost an arm or leg, you wouldn’t have that part in the afterlife.
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptians embalming techniques started with removing the internal organs through a small incision on the abdomen [except the heart, which was thought to be where emotions come from], cleaning all the organs in wines and spices, cleaning out the abdominal cavity with cedar oil, scraping out the brain with a hooked instrument through the nose and washing out the remains with cedar oil and spices and packing the body and organs in natron to dry them out, leaving them for a month. After the month, he washes the body in scents and spices, wraps the internal organs in linen cloth, then puts them back in the abdominal cavity or puts them in jars, weaving fake hair into the remains of the original, inserting fake eyes, and then restoring the body to lifelike-ness [described in question 4]. After that, the body is wrapped in up to a mile and a half of resin smeared linen, and handed back to the family for burial.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
Ancient Plastic Surgery was the restoration of the dead and shrunken body to look lifelike. This involved the insertion of linen wads into the body and face to make the body look less shrunken and more lifelike and coloring the skin with colored dirt [if the corpse is male, then red dirt, if the corpse is female, yellow dirt.]
Zac Abid.
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
Because you have to be mummified to pass on into the next life and the dead are described as a cult because they are believed to live on. Page one paragraph 1
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
Very important, they believed if you weren't mummified there was no life after death. Page one paragraph 2
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
They would cover the body in naturally occurring rock salt also know as natron (baking soda) and would take out their internal organs and wrap the body in hundreds of yards of linen bandages. page one paragraph 3
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
The embalmers would take out all your body parts and preserve them if you were the top class. They would take out your body parts but not preserve them if you were middle class. And they would bury you in the sand with out doing anything to your organs if you couldn't afford it. Page 1-2 paragraph 5
May Hogan
sorry if i posted my questions too early. I saw that another person from my class did so, so did I.
May hogan
1.Mummification is known as the cult of the dead because religous beliefs in life developed into the virtual cult of the dead.(page1)
2.Mummificatoin is came to be believed that it was the peservatoin of a dead body was not only possible but assentail if you wished to have wonderful enjoyment in paradise.
3.The embalming technique used by the ancient Egyptains were natural rock salt called natron called natron which was a powdery mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate which acted as a sponge which drew out the moisture from the body.Perfume and various solvateswere used for cleaning the internalorgans.The body was finally wrapped in bandages and fine linen100yrs of leght a scarab or treasure is then wrapped under them.(page1)
4.Ancient surgery was the process of which the mummifaction is done like perserving body part were a type of ancient surgery (page1-2)
Justice Mason 9/14/08 8:17pm
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
Mummification was called the cult of the dead because it was something people made a living doing. They learned from their parents how to preserve bodies and people paid a lot of money to get their bodies mummified when they died.
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
Mummification was very important if you wanted to enjoy paradise. If you were properly mummifided, then your body would be whole in the afterlife. If you were no that lucky, then you would not enjoy paradise as much.
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptians.
They would take out all the organs and then clean them out with spices and let them sit for almost 70 days. They also would put the organs in jars and let them be cleaned.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
Ancient plastic surgery is when after a corpse is cleaned, it will be painted either red or yellow, be given fake eyes, and the embalmer will put pieces of linen under the skin to make the corpse look more alive.
Hey this is my entry for cult of the dead! So ya, go ahead and comment on them!
-Savannah Smith
The Cult of the Dead
Here are the comprehension questions about the article "The Cult of the Dead". Please provide the paragraph number on your response (along with page; 1 or two). Some questions only require your personal opinion; you do not have to provide page numbers for those.
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
The religious belief of having an afterlife soon created the cult of the dead. So by believing in the afterlife and being mummified they added and became a part of the cult of the dead.
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
If you weren’t mummified correctly and part of you wasn’t preserved correctly then you would have to live in the afterlife without that part of your body. Which would ruin your paradise/afterlife.
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
They would take out the internal organs and the brain. Then they would clean them with red wine and spices. They would also clean the abdominal area with cedar oil. The cedar oil would dissolve all the left over tissue in the abdominal. Then they dry all the body parts with powdered natron.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
They used molded wads of linen under the skin. It is very similar to how a present day cosmetic surgeon would use silicone implants on a (living) patient.
Jazzy Benson
History 9-3
1.Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
In about 3100 BC, religious belief in the afterlife became a virtual “cult of the dead.” The devote thought mummification was very important and so it became very important to Egyptian life. Mummification was a called “the cult of the dead” because it was the process of preparing the dead for paradise which was started by the religious cult.
Pg.1
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
If you did not carefully mummify the dead body it could lose a part (body part) of itself and it was thought that any part lost in the grave would not be on the body in paradise. The body could not enjoy paradise if it was missing a body part.
Pg.1
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
First the body would be laid in a powdery mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, which soaks up all of the body’s moisture. Then the body’s organs would be removed, all except for the heart and the body would be cleaned with wine and spices. The embalmer now wraps each organ in linen cloth and puts them in the abdominal cavity or in jars. He performs “plastic surgery” on the body and he paints the body. Finally he wraps the body in resin-smeared linen and when he is done he returns the body to its family who provide a tomb for it.
Pg. 1 & 2
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
The “ancient plastic surgery” is used on the body to make it look more “alive”. The embalmer makes tiny cuts on the face and neck of the body and inserts carefully molded wads of linen under the skin.
Pg.2
Mallory Caillaud-Jones
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
Because you need to be mummified to pass on to the afterlife.
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
The dead would not be able to enjoy paradise or afterlife if they were not preserved. It was thought that if they lost the part on there body they would also lose it in the after life.
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
The embalmers used rock salt called natron instead of sand witch drew out all moisture. Then they cleaned out al the internal organs with perfumes and solvents. Then they were sealed with 1oos of yards of bandages.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
It was used to make the body look more alive. The embalmer makes cuts on the face and places molded wads of linen under the skin. Jacob Green
1. Mummification was called “The cult of the dead” because the bodies didn’t decompose and they still had a lifelike appearance, skin , and hair after centuries. (pg. 1: paragraph 1 and 2)
2. Mummification was very important in regards to the enjoyment of paradise because it was believed that a body that lost any part of itself in their grave would be forever lost of that body part. That’s why the human figures that are represented usually have both of their arms and legs when we see them as decorative pieces in Egyptian tombs. That is one of the reasons why the preservation of bodies was very important. (pg.1: paragraph 2)
3. The embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptians:
Using a knife made of flint, the embalmer would make a four inch long cut in the left side of the abdomen. He would then take out all of the internal organs(except the heart) and clean them in wine and spices. After that , he flushes out the abdominal cavity with cedar oil so that the remaining soft tissue dissolves. He now forces a hooked instrument through the nostril and into the skull and starts scraping the brain out of the cavity. Again, he flushes out the cavity with cedar oil to flush out any remaining brain matter. After he cleans the whole body thoroughly, he packs all of the body and its organs in powdered natron to dry them. After about a month of this, he removes and washes every part in scents and spices again. Now, he wraps everything individually in linen cloth and places it back in the abdominal cavity (or possibly jars). He goes o to pack with more stuffing material like linen, sawdust, mud, or tar. He is now done with the embalming process, sews up the incision, and starts performing “ancient plastic surgery”. After that he starts wrapping and bandaging the body. (pg.2:embalmers art:2nd, 3rd, 4th , 5th paragraph)
4. “Ancient plastic surgery” is pretty much when the embalmer attempts to make a dead body appear to look more lifelike. He does this by weaving in artificial hair and inserting painted eyes into the eye sockets. He also places molded wads of linen under the skin to make the person look more lifelike. He finally colors the face(and sometimes the whole body) with the colored earth called ocher. If you’re a male, you’re painted red and if you’re a female, you’re painted yellow. From beginning to end the whole embalming process takes approximately 70 days. (pg.2:embalmers art: paragraph 5)
Kelly Drelles
comment to mallory
i like your answer to #3 and it seemed like you knew what you were talking about and you weren't just copying answers from the article.
Kelly Drelles
LEXIE VANOTTEREN 3RD
1. Why was the Nile the foundation of the Egyptian Civilization?
The Nile was the foundation of the Eqyptian Civilization because it provided the people with transportation on the water. The people drank the water and used it to feed there animals and also too water there crops(etc.). There land was also very fertile.
pg 1 and u taught this to us
2. Why do you think landowners of flooded areas paid higher taxes?
The landowners paid more taxes because they had fertile land that they could grow crops on. The people would make money off the crops they grew unlike people with non flooded land who would have to find another away to make their money.
1
3. How did religion influence harvest?
Their religion influenced the harvest because the people believed in many gods in which some were fertility gods.(exp. osiris ). u taught us about it
4. What are the two major sources of the Nile River? Why is the Blue Nile called that way? Two major sources were the white and blue Nile. Sediments traveled down the blue Nile and supposdly it gave the blue Nile the bluish tint. (why its called that way) pg 2
5. Explain how was the Nile a blessing to Egypt's growth?
The Nile flooded annually so the farmers farmed on the land that was flooded. The people traveled on the Nile river on little boats. They used the Nile to transport goods and trade. page 1-2
6. How is the Nile River controlled Today?
Today the Nile is run by an irragation system and damns. (u taught us about it)
COMMENTING TO LEXIE VANOTTEREN
you did the wrong questions lol
but your answers you do have are very good
-megan crawford
COMMENTING TO KELLY DRELLES
your answers to number 3 and 4 were very thorough and well thought out, in fact, all your answers were very thorough
--Megan Crawford
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
As Egyptian society grouped- the religious belief in the afterlife became a 'virtual cult of the dead'. They became very devout and thought it was necessary for the body to be preserved to be able to enjoy paradise. Page One, Paragraph Two.
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
Very Important. If a body lost any part (of their body) the dead wouldn't be able to enjoy eternity in Paradise.
Page One, Paragraph Two.
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
Instead of relying on the sand, the ancient egyptians used a kind of rokc salt called natron. The natron acted like a sponge, sucking all the moisture from the body. Then perfumes and otherr solvents were used to clean our the internal organs. The body was lastly warpped and sealed tightly with hundreds of yards of linen bandages.
Amulets were hidden within to guard the dead person from evil spirits.
Page One, Paragraph Three.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
Ancient plastic surgery was making a dead person's face and body looking alive again, instead of looking like a raisin.
The 'surgeon' makes tiny cuts and stuffing them with molded wads of linen. Finally the embalmer colors the face and sometimes the whole body with the colored earth.
Page Two, Paragraph 5.
COMMENTING TO ZAC ABID
your answers were very good. i could tell you really read it and understood it instead of just copying it down from the article. i liked how you put it into your own words.
--Megan Crawford
COMMENTING TO ZAC ABID
your answers were very good. i could tell you really read it and understood it instead of just copying it down from the article. i liked how you put it into your own words.
--Megan Crawford
Commenting on Zac Abid..
On the first question, I don't think that was exactly what the question was referring to, although I admit-it makes sense. But I think they were still talking about about the living.
Commenting on May Hogan..
I disagree with your answers to question no.1 and no.2. Well no.2 was good but I think you needed a little more. Like how if any of the body parts were lost, they wouldn't be able to enjoy paradise.
For no.1, I don't think they were referring to the dead as the actual cult but the devout. The ones who believed and carried out the process of mummification.
1. Mummification was called the cult of the dead becuase it was believed that you could only enter paradise if you were mummified. I guess the ancient Egyptians thought of the dead as a cult, because there are so many of them.( page 1, paragraph 1)
2. Mummification was quintissial because if you weren't mummified, you could not enter paradise. (if you didn't have all of your body parts)(page 1, paragraph 2)
3. First, a cut is made through which he pulls ou the internal organs, minus the heart. He then cleans the internal organs with wine and spices. Then, he flushes out the abdominal cavity with cedar oil to dissolve the remaining soft tissue. He then pulls ou the brain through a nostril, next he infuses the cavity that once held the brain with cedar oil and spices in order to flush out residues of brain matter. Last, all the organs and the body itself are packed in powdered natron to dry them. They stay there for about a month. (page 2,paragraphs 2 and 3)
4. "Ancient plastic surgery" was a way of making the body and face of a dead person look likelike. To do this an embalmer will go all over the body making tiny cuts and carefully packing small wads of linen under the skin. (page 2, paragrachs 5 and 6)
Emma FitzGerald
Here are the comprehension questions about the article "The Cult of the Dead". Please provide the paragraph number on your response (along with page; 1 or two). Some questions only require your personal opinion; you do not have to provide page numbers for those.
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
Egyptians had a religious belief that the afterlife became a “virtual cult of the dead”. Mummification was called the cult of the dead because it was preparing the corpses for the trip to the afterlife and to paradise. [PAGE 1]
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
It was very important to the Egyptians. The body needed to be mummified in order to live in paradise in the afterlife. And if you lost a body part than you would not have a part in the afterlife. Also they would put necklaces on the mummies to ward away evil spirits on the journey to paradise. [PAGE 1]
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
First, the embalmers would soak the body in powdered natron (sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate) for about a month to dry the body. Then, they’d take all the organs (except the heart) out and wash them in wine and spices and wrap them in linen then put it back in the abdomen or put it in jars. Then, he performs ‘ancient plastic surgery’ to fill in lines, puts in painted eyeballs, and paints the body. Finally, he wraps the body in resin-smeared linen (about 8,000 feet in length), when he’s finished with everything he gives the body to its family. Then the family puts it in a wooden box or whatever they’ve chosen. [PAGE 1 & 2]
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
The embalmer would make tiny cuts on the body and insert molded wads of linen under the skin. It’s similar to what a 21st century cosmetic surgeon would do. [PAGE 2]
Haley Young
Joel VanDyke 3rd hour
Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
Pg. 1 Mummification was to preserve a dead body and all of its vital organs so the person could use the body, kept intact, on the other side.
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
Page 1 They thought that if you were missing a body part when you when you were buried, you couldn’t use it to enjoy the afterlife.
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptians.
Page 2 They would cut open your side and cut out your vital organs (Except for the Heart), pull your brain out with a hook through your nose, Cleanse all of the above in wine and spices, dry them in baking soda for a month, and then washes them again to either wrap them up and stick them back into the corpse or put them into jars.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
Page 2 The Embalmer cuts lots of little slits in the skin on the face, shriveled by now. He inserts molded wads of linen to smooth out the wrinkles, and stuffs the mouth to hold out the cheeks
Commenting on Zac Abid..
I really like you answer for how embalmers did the "plastic surgery", you explained everything about how they'd paint the males and females different colors. I also like you answer for number two. You explained everything really well.
Commenting on Savannah Smith..
You did really well on all of your questions. Except maybe for number three. You could've explained with more detail about how they prepared the mummies for the afterlife. Otherwise, good job!
commenting to May Hogan
I disagree with your answer to number 1. they would still go to the after life if they werent mummified but any body parts lost from their body would br lost to their spirit too. Laura Johnson.
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
As Egyptian society became more closely organized, it came to believe that preservation of the body was not only possible but essential if the dead were to be able to enjoy paradise. (page 1, paragraph 4 )
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
it was very important because it was believed that if a body lost any part of itself in the grave, it would be deprived of that part for all eternity. (Page 1, paragraph 5)
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
the embalmer cuts a four inch long incision on left side of the abdomen. Then he pulls out every organ except the heart, cleans each organ in spices and wine. Then he flushes out the abdominal cavity with cedar oil. He then removes the brain with a hook. He packs all the organs and the body with powered natron. After a month he removes them and washes every part in more scents and spices. Then he wraps the dried internal organs individually in linen cloth and puts them back into the abdominal cavity and sews up the original cut, or in separate earthenware or alabaster jars. He inserts painted eyes into the skulls sockets.then all he as left to do is restoration of the body , back to lifelike fullness.(page 2, paragraphs 4-6)
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
The embalmer slowly makes tiny cuts over the body and packs carefully molded wads of linen under the skin. Even the lines of the face and neck are restored like this, with packing laid in the mouth to hold the checks in position. Finally the embalmer colors the face and sometimes the whole body with colored earth called ocher(red if male and yellow if female). (page 1, paragraphs 6-7)
-Tatiana Dixon
commenting to Kelly Drelles
your answer to number three was very thorough.i liked how you even told what kinds of oils they used.
Laura Johnson
Zac Abid
I really liked how you wrote everything. Everything was so detailed and had very nice responses in general. Congrats to good answers.
~Monika Steffens
Commenting to Maria Gonzalez
I'm not sure i completely agree with your answer to number 2. Yes, thats the basics of it, but it's not that they couldn't enjoy themselves. They just didn't have that limb, or body part in the afterlife.
~Monika Steffens
1. Mummification was called the Cult of the Dead because it was the Egyptians' religion to embalm and wrap their deceased, supposedly to get them ready for the afterlife. (pg 1)
2. It was very important to be mummified correctly if you wanted to enjoy paradise. If a body lost any part of itself in the grave, then it would be deprived of that part for all eternity. That's why most decorated Egyptian tombs include both arms and legs. (pg 1)
3. The first thing the embalmer would do is the left side of the abdomen and take all of the internal organs out, except the heart. He then cleans the organs with wines and spices, and flushes out the abdomen cavity with cedar oil. He then scrapes the brain out, and packs all of the organs and body in powdered natron to dry them. A month later, he washes all of them with scents and spices, and wraps them with cloth linen, and puts them in the abdominal cavity, along with other stuffing. The Egyptian then has to weave artificial hair,perform artificial surgery, and color the whole face (body). Wrappping the body would then come next, and he would then turn the mummy to the family for further arrangements.
(pg. 2)
4. Ancient Plastic surgery was restoration of a shrunken body/face to a lifelike body fullness. The embalmer would do this by working slowly along the body and making tiny cuts, and packing carefully molded wads of linen under the skin. Packing laid in the mouth would hold up the cheeks, and finally the embalmer would color the face (body) with colored earth called ocher. (pg. 2)
~Fabiola Enriquez
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
Very few people knew the process.
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
If part of your body was lost when you were dead, it would be lost in the
afterlife.
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
Pull out internal organs from incisions in the side (except for heart), clean
organs, preserve organs, clean empty body, remove brain, make the body pretty,
wrap in resin-smeared linen.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
Adding unnatural things to make the body look alive.
savannah- good! it sounds like you read and understood the article.
mallory- nice, but wordy and it sounded like it was from the paper.
kelly- yeah thats the answer. holy cow! write more, why donchya?? :)
LEXIE VANOTTEREN
1. Mummification was called the cult of the dead because in order to have a life in the after life you had to be mummified and because it was so big to be mummifies it was like a cult.1
2. It was very important to live in paradise (afterlife). You had to be preserved so your body could live on. Mummifying the body keeps it well preserved in which that was what you needed to live on.1
3.Your entire body would be covered with baking soda and all your organs were removed from your body. Then you would wrap the body in 100 yards of linen. 1
4. Ancient plastic surgery is when the corpse inside body parts were removed. They would paint it either red or yellow depending on what sex you were. Then the corpse is bandaged which is a long process.
zac abid
your answer for # 3 was really thought out and good
lexie v.o.
may hogan,
your answer for #2 is good but add a little more next time.
lexie
COMMENTING TO Zac Abid:
I really liked how you explained all of your answers thoroughly. You especially had more than enough in number 3. I never knew that it took so long and so much work to make a mummy. The part that was interesting to me was the Egyptians would go as far putting make up and fake eye balls on the deceased, to then wrap the whole body up and put them in a case.
Oh well, everyone has diffrent viws.
~Fabiola Enriquez
COMMENTING ON JACOB GREEN:
The answer to #3 was acceptable, although it would have helped understand the whole process better if you could have added more detail. Like for by saying where they would make the cuts, how long it all took, and what exact solvents they used. By mentioning all of these small details, they could have painted a much better picture. Over all decent job.
PS: Perfume was used to hide the smell, not clean the body.
~Fabiola Enriquez
to savannah
i like your interpetation of what the cult of the dead means to you. its a very differetn way of looking at it. it might have changed my understanding.
bianca daniels
tatiana dixon
you have a very detailed answer for number three. its impressive. (you must have taken yout time) !!
the tatiana dixon comment is bianca daniels mines !! sorry i forgot to put my name
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
The people were being organized by the pharaoh and the religious beliefs that people had for afterlife changed.
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
If it lost any part of its body they would be gone for all eternity
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
some people preferred to be buried on stone tombs rather than underground so the embalmers had to use natron [a rock salt] instead of sand to keep the bodies from decaying.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
Ancient plastic surgery was just like our plastic surgery. Doctors would reconstruct your body how ever you’d want it. It was usually done on mummies waiting to be buried.
-gabriela guzman
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
Because not everyone mummified people some people thought it was wrong.
Page 1
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
if you weren’t preserved then you would lose parts of your body like your arms and legs you would never get them back and you wouldn’t be able to be fully happy in paradise so it was really important to them
Page 1
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
They used a rock salt called natron that soaked all of the liquids out of the body and they put perfume on the body and wrapped it up in bandages
Page 1
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
The embalmer would make little cuts and put molded linen under the skin then they color the face and sometimes the whole body red if it’s a boy yellow if it’s a girl and finally they wrap up the mummy in the bandages.
Page 1
Donna Davidson
commenting to kelly
for # 3 your answer was really thought out written well
.:donna:.
Zac
i really liked your answer to # 3 it looks like you understood the article a lot
.:donna:.
Here are the comprehension questions about the article "The Cult of the Dead". Please provide the paragraph number on your response (along with page; 1 or two). Some questions only require your personal opinion; you do not have to provide page numbers for those.
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
I believe that only mummy people cared about the mummys and stuff no one else really cared. which is why i believe it was to be called cult of the DEAD.--personal opinion
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
i believe it was important because any part of your body that was lost in your grave was to believed to be lost for all eturnity.--page.1
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
they would pretty much take out all of your organs and your brain and clean everything out with natron a powdery mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate it's a very long process and only rich people could have it done.--page one and two.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
they would make small cuts in the non meated areas of the body and stuff it with molded linen to make it look as if her were alive then they would paint his eyes there and make him look like he or she did when they were alive.--page. 2
gaby
your answer to # 4 could have been a little more detailed but all your answers were well thought out and good answers
.:donna:.
Here are the comprehension questions about the article "The Cult of the Dead". Please provide the paragraph number on your response (along with page; 1 or two). Some questions only require your personal opinion; you do not have to provide page numbers for those.
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
I believe that only mummy people cared about the mummys and stuff no one else really cared. which is why i believe it was to be called cult of the DEAD.--personal opinion
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
i believe it was important because any part of your body that was lost in your grave was to believed to be lost for all eturnity.--page.1
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
they would pretty much take out all of your organs and your brain and clean everything out with natron a powdery mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate it's a very long process and only rich people could have it done.--page one and two.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
they would make small cuts in the non meated areas of the body and stuff it with molded linen to make it look as if her were alive then they would paint his eyes there and make him look like he or she did when they were alive.--page. 2
by:emily bennett
for kelly drelles:
i felt like your entry was good... really good a little too good it was so long that i felt like i was reading from the actual article. thats just my opinion but other than that good!
from: Emily Bennett
for savannah smith:
your opinon fr andswer number one was really good i loved how you put your very own thought in it no one else had a simular answer that i saw to yours
from: Emily Bennett
Reply to Savannah Smith:
I liked your answer to #4. You put down more than most people, but i think your answer form #3 could have been more complete.
Emma FitzGerald
Reply to Emily Bennet:
I liked how you added your own personal opinion to #1. They didn't clean out the body with natron though, they sort of soaked the body in it.
Emma FitzGerald
1. After 3100 BC, the Egyptians religious belief in the afterlife developed into a virtual cult of the dead. They believed that preservation of the body was very important if the dead were able to enjoy paradise in their afterlife.
2. The mummification process was very important, to those that could afford it. A belief was any part of the body that was lost in its grave; the body would live without it forever.(in its afterlife)
3. The embalmer first cuts the abdomen to pull out all the internal organs. He removes the brain by scraping it out with a hooked tool trough the nose. After thoroughly cleaning every part of the body, he soaks all the organs and the body in natron for about a month. He then cleans every part of the body again and begins the wrapping process.
4. The most difficult of the embalmers jobs is performing ancient plastic surgery or making the shrunk lines of the body and face to look lifelike. This is done by making tiny cuts and packing wads of linen under the skin or even in the mouth.
- Alison Robinson
To Zac Abid.
I like your answer for the cult of the dead question. Its something that no one else would think about.
- A lison Robinson
to May Hogan
Embalming you is not really what they thought of as plastic surgery.
-Alison Robinson
To Zac Abid.
I like how you fully explained your answer in question 3. You really understood what you were talking about.
-Alison Robinson
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead". Because the mummification was only preformed by some people. Everyone else didn’t want to know how it happened. Page1, paragraph2
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise? If your body was damaged (loss of limbs, skin, etc.) you would have a lost limb or skin in paradise. Page1, paragraph2
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptians. First of all they extracted the brain with a bronze hook, and then they removed the internal organs and then covered the body in natron for 40-70 days, and finally was bandaged and buried. page2, paragraph 7
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was. The Egyptians used reeds and leather to sculpt a mummy’s nose. Seashells were also used as fake eyes. Pretty crazy if you ask me. Page2, paragraph 10
commenting on Joel #3
Thanks a lot for telling every detail about mummification. Your answer was really indepth. The doesn;t make it any less disgusting.
commenting on Jacob Green #3
You had a good description. Honestly i didn't read that part that thoroughly, but you obviously did. Wow they used a lot of bandages.
Comment to May Hogan
question number 2
I did not see it from that point of view before, i saw it from the view that if you lost anything you wouldn't get it back, but you said if you weren’t mummified you wouldn't get anything in the afterlife nice.
comment to Emily Bennett's
question number 1
im loving the personal opinion
and your answers for every question were great. well done
Rueben Musonda
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
Their society's religion became more organized under the pharaohs after 3100 BC.
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
The more devout considered essential to have your body preserved, otherwise you wouldn't enjoy paradise.
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
First, he would pull out all of the organs except the heart, which the Egyptians considered to be the seat of emotions, through a small incision on the left side of the abdomen. Then, after cleaning all of them, he removed the brain through the nose using a long hooked instrument. After all of that was done, he would pack the body and organs into powdered natron for a month so they would dry out. After a month had passed, he would take them out and wash them with scents and spices. Then he would wrap the dry internal organs in cloth and put them back in the body.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
It was when the embalmer would restore the shrunken body and face to lifelike fullness by working his way over the body and packing tiny cuts with molded wads of linen.
-Maddie
comment to Tatiana
it seemed like you copied your answers right out of the article but they seemed like they were right
Kelly Drelles
comment to Tatiana
it seemed like you copied your answers right out of the article but they seemed like they were right
Kelly Drelles
commenting on Justice Mason
Your answer for 3 seemed complete, but the other ones just didn't seem like they were complete.
commenting on May Hogan
I thought that you had some answers that seemed straight from the text. But the other answers seemed more personalized, like you really read the article and understood it, unlike some poeple. You seemed to add your own spice to it (if thats what you want to call it). So, ya, good job on that.
-Savannah Smith
i forgot, does anybody know when the next set of ?s are due? Or when they will be posted?
Thanks!
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
The reason why it was referred to as “The cult of the dead” was because mummification is the process of preserving a dead body.
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
The Egyptians believed that preservation of the body was essential preservation of the body was essential to enjoy the afterlife or paradise. The devout came to believe this and mummification became.
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian.
The body was soaked in resin sometimes honey: this hides the decay of organs. Really strong perfumes concealed the lingering smell. And all of the organs are taken out of the body (and placed in jars).
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
Ancient plastic surgery was basically an embalmers job. They would move across the body making tiny cuts and stuffing tiny wads of linen inside the body (just like silicone).
Whitney Burney
commenting on Zac Abid
You elaborated on everythng and left out no details... great job! I think that for number 3
Commenting on Tatiana dixon: you elaborated very well.
Commenting on Fabiola Enriquez
Your answers gave all of the information we were asked and #3 was very detailed.
You didn't forget to put the page number this time!!! :)
-Mallory Caillaud-Jones
Commenting on Whitney Burney
I would have liked more detail on #3 and #2 didn't talk at all about loosing body parts if the mummification was not done carefully and correctly. You also forgot to put the page number, look out for that next time.
Otherwise #1 and #4 were informative and correct.
-Mallory Caillaud-Jones
1.the Egyptians had religous beliefs that preservation of the body was not only possible but essential if the dead were to be able to enjoy paradise.pg1
2.The Egyptians thought a body that lost any part of its body in grave that it would bedeprived of that part for eternity so it was important for mummification.pg1
3.Instead of sand they Egypts embalmers learned to rely on naturally occuring rock salt called natron, perfumes were used for cleaning out internal organs, and the body was finally wrapped and scaled within hundreds of yards of linen bandages.pg1
4.when they would make tiny incessicions and stuff wads of linen in them..pg 2
Jonathon Van Ess
jonathon Van Ess
haley young i like your # 1 and # 2 there right
jazzy i like your # 3 its very descriptive
Haley Young- Your number 3 is very well written and really descriptive.
Emily Bennett- I like how you put your personal opinion on all of them good job.
May Hogan
May, the "plastic surgery" was to make the face smooth again for burial.
Joel VanDyke
Jazzy,
Nice answer for #3, I think I forgot to put the cedar oil part down.
Joel VanDyke
Savannah,
You were kinda vague on #2.
Joel VanDyke
Commenting on Justice
Your answer to number 4 doesn't make sense. You're answer is going around in a circle but not getting to the point. You're answers should be clearer than that.
-Matt Hinkel
Commenting on Jake
You need to put the page and paragraph numbers you found your answers at.
-Matt Hinkel
for the first person, I think you did well but needed more details.
For Ethan, I think you did very good. you put in details and a personal option, good job!
Stephen King
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead". --Because in order to get into to afterlife, you've have to have died in your current life and they would go to the afterlife. FRONTSIDE
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise? --If the body lost any part of itself (i.e. foot, arm, leg, etc) in the grave, they would live without that/those parts for all eternity in the afterlife. FRONTSIDE
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian --They got some natron and they would lay the body in it to draw out the moisture, then they'd get perfumes & many different solvents and clean out internal organs, then finally, within hundreds of yards of linen bandadges the body would be wrapped and sealed, possibly with amulets "concealed among the layers" to ward off evil spirits. FRONTSIDE
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was. --When the embalmer would try and restore the shrunken lines of the body. First, the embalmer made small incisions (cuts) all over the body, packing molded wads of linen under the skin as he did. Then, he would color the face or entire body with ocher. BACKSIDE
Yasmen Wells
In Response to Justice Mason:
-Your answers were well-written and very detailed. I especially liked question #3.
In Response to Joel VanDyke:
-You didn't really make question #4 really clear. It's sorta hard to understand what you're talking about....good job on the others.
Yasmen Wells
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
It seemed as if they pampered the corpse so they can get through to paradise. They took it very serious. The word “mummy” is derived from the Persian word mummia, which means bitumen. They soaked the bodies in tar, for decomposition leaving them with hair, skin, and a life like appearance.
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
They made sure that every body part was in the tomb and the tomb was very elaborate. For making the tombs it cost a lot of money. It was all to go to paradise. The body preservation was an essential for them to enjoy paradise.
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
The embalmed the corpse to guard them from evil spirits on their way to paradise. First, the body was sealed inside and out with a thick coating of resin or even sometimes honey which hid the decay of tissues. Second, strong perfumes covered up the lingering smell, and life like portraits on wooden cases where placed with it to replace the painstaking.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
He takes out all the organs like heart, brain, liver, etc. He cleans everyone separately with spices, oils, and scents. It is all for preservation of the body so it doesn’t discenigrate. He fills the empty spots in the body with tar, mud, wads of linen, or even saw dust.
That one is mine rite above this Tatiana Padron
responding to allison r
~Well reading your answers made me really understand how the article was. I thin you did a good job and it shows. Its like what you wrote was a whole other article. I got a lot of info out of reading yours.
~Tatiana Padron~
Comment to Kelly:
I loved how well thought out and complete your answers were. Awesome job! :]
Comment to Emily Bennett:
Although I liked your answers pretty much I thought you should have shown better use of grammar and punctuation and all that good stuff, this is an assignment and not a conversation on AIM.
Also, on number one, I think that death was a huge part of Egyptian civilization. Pharaoh's spent half their lives building their temples and they were very into the idea of life after death. Just a thought.
Comment to Gabriela:
I think you should've explained more of the process of what the embalmer does.
-Maddie
Comment to Caitlyn:
You got everything in the answer, but I think you should've elaborated more on a couple things.
commenting on mallory
your answer for #3 was really really good because you wrote it out very good so we got what was going on and it didn't seem straight out of the article. kinda like a summary. but yea it was a really good answer
Jazzy Benson
commenting on Whitney Burney
i liked your answers because they wre simple but i still got the idea of what was going on. they were easy to understand and know what was going on.
Jazzy Benson
The Cult of the Dead
Here are the comprehension questions about the article "The Cult of the Dead".
Please provide the paragraph number on your response (along with page; 1 or
two). Some questions only require your personal opinion; you do not have to
provide page numbers for those.
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
Religious beliefs developed the idea of an afterlife and the idea of preserving
the body became essential.
So the belief in an afterlife formed a cult of the dead.
--page one, paragraph three.
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
They wanted to preserve the body because they believed that if a body part was
lost in a grave, that part would not be returned to them in the afterlife,
therefore, no paradise.
--page one, paragraph three.
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptians.
The Egyptians who couldn't afford tombs & where buried in the sand didn't need much to preserve them, the sand pretty much kept
them from decaying. Those Egyptians who were buried in tombs, who weren't in
contact with the sand needed rock salt, natron, to preserve them. The natron
would dry out the bodies, then perfumes & solvents would be used to clean out
the organs. The body was then wrapped in linen bandages and sealed with some
sort of rosin or some used honey.
--page one, paragraphs four & five.
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
The process of embalming a body took quite a long time, and by the time the
embalmer was about done taking out the organs and what not, the body, most
importantly the face, had shrunken and the body truly looked dead. So the
embalmer carefully packed molded wads of linen under the skin and then colored
the skin, red if the body is that of a male, yellow if it's that of a female.
--page two, paragraphs five & six.
--Andrea Stewart
Commenting Mallory:
I never knew the family had to take care of the tomb. I thought the embalmers would have just taken it there anyways.
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
First the body would be laid in a powdery mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, which soaks up all of the body’s moisture. Then the body’s organs would be removed, all except for the heart and the body would be cleaned with wine and spices. The embalmer now wraps each organ in linen cloth and puts them in the abdominal cavity or in jars. He performs “plastic surgery” on the body and he paints the body. Finally he wraps the body in resin-smeared linen and when he is done he returns the body to its family who provide a tomb for it.
--Andrea Stewart
Commenting Ethan:
I'm not sure it was so much as they didn't want to know but more of they already had different beliefs about what happens to you?
I'm not sure though.
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead". Because the mummification was only preformed by some people. Everyone else didn’t want to know how it happened. Page1, paragraph2
Commenting on Yasmen Wells:
I liked your answer to the Ancient Plastic Surgery question. It gave a good description of the procedures the embalmers performed on the body.
Zac Abid
1. Describe why mummification was called "The cult of the dead".
the mummification was called the cult of the dead because to go into the afterlife you had to be mummified and for you to join the cult.
pg1
2. How important was mummification in regards to your enjoyment of paradise?
you need to be perfectly persevered to go to paradise and if you loat a part of your body you wont have that part in the afterlife.
pg1
3. Describe the embalming techniques used by Ancient Egyptian
the embalming techniques used by ancient Egyptians were that they relayed on a rock salt called natron this acted like a sponge to from a body laid on it. and various perfumes were used to make the dead body smell good and also wrapped with valuables.
pg1
4. Explain what "ancient plastic surgery" was.
ancient plastic surgery was persevering your body parts only if you could afford it and if you were poor your organs would be buried under the ground.
pg1&2
josh briones
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