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When was the first mummy made?

The ancient Egyptians believed in an afterlife. They believed that the soul is like a bird with a human face, which can fly all day, but by night must return to the grave, fearing evil spirits. The body must be kept the same as the soul left it, so that it can recognize it when it returns, and fly into the grave that it left. This is where the word "mummy" comes from. It is Arabic and means "a body preserved with resin and wax".

Most of the mummies were made without the use of resin or wax. The body was treated with salt. Salt placed inside the body, interacting with dry air, took away moisture. When the body dried up, it was washed, rubbed with the resin of pine trees and wrapped in hundreds of meters of cloth.

Until 3000 B.C. e. The Egyptians dried the bodies of the dead in the sands of the desert. The sand kept the bodies. Later, important people were buried in stone-cut tombs or in magnificent pyramids. But pyramids and stone gravestones are not as dry as desert sands. Therefore, it became necessary to improve the art of creating mummies. Around 1500 B.C. e. mummies began to be covered with a shell that had the shape of a body and was carefully painted. Then sarcophagi appeared, which also had the shape of a body and were beautifully decorated.

Sometimes beards were added to mummies. The beard in ancient Egypt was the property of only God or the king. Such beards showed that the person hoped to spend time in the afterlife in a very respectable company. In addition, the Egyptians considered sacred and some animals. These animals were also made into mummies and buried in animal cemeteries.

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Arteries are the vessels that carry blood away from the heart. Veins return blood to the heart. Generally speaking, arteries carry pure blood to various organs, and veins return blood saturated with various waste products. Capillaries are blood vessels for moving blood from arteries to veins. The pumping station is the heart. The arteries are located deep in the tissues, with the exception of the wrist, instep, temple, and neck. In any of these places, a pulse is felt, by which the doctor can get an idea of \uXNUMXb\uXNUMXbthe condition of the arteries.

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