PugJesus@lemmy.world to The Internet in Ancient Times@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoKids these days just don't want to work!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down14cross-posted to: historyartifacts@lemmy.worldhistorymemes@lemmy.world
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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoHad to check if this was the onion. Did they mummify just anybody? I thought they was reserved for rich people.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoAccording to wikipedia: The third and least expensive method the embalmers offered was to clear the intestines with an unnamed liquid, injected as an enema. The body was then placed in natron for seventy days and returned to the family. Herodotus gives no further details.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoThis fool takin’ time off work to watch his dead mom get an enema with an unnamed liquid?
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoSomebody needs to drive her there I assume
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoReally laughing for the first time today thanks.
minus-squareFinal Remix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year agoRinse 'em out, give 'em back. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoPoorer folk would get less elaborate versions of the same process, essentially.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoSo, the pinewood box version of mummification?
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThey used terracotta coffins, which is basically the cardboard coffin compared to a natural stone one.
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYes. And the pinewood box version of a pyramid. Mid range was a tiny pyramid. Low end was a ditch covered with a rock and a pile of sand. Idk. I’m not an archeologist.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoMaybe the “workers” in this case are actually the Pharaoh’s ministers who don’t want to come to court.
Had to check if this was the onion. Did they mummify just anybody? I thought they was reserved for rich people.
According to wikipedia:
This fool takin’ time off work to watch his dead mom get an enema with an unnamed liquid?
Somebody needs to drive her there I assume
Really laughing for the first time today thanks.
Rinse 'em out, give 'em back. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Poorer folk would get less elaborate versions of the same process, essentially.
So, the pinewood box version of mummification?
They used terracotta coffins, which is basically the cardboard coffin compared to a natural stone one.
Yes. And the pinewood box version of a pyramid. Mid range was a tiny pyramid. Low end was a ditch covered with a rock and a pile of sand.
Idk. I’m not an archeologist.
Maybe the “workers” in this case are actually the Pharaoh’s ministers who don’t want to come to court.