Submitted by Sean Williams on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 07:35
When you think of King Tut, do you see a young boy, struggling with the enormity of his power; a slender adolescent in control of the world's greatest empire?
During the mummification process, the internal organs would be removed from the body and stored inside the canopic chest, which would be placed in a canopic shrine close to the tomb. The ancient Egyptians believed that the deceased spirit may want to return to the body, so it was important to preserve it. For some burials, this meant an elaborate mummification process that took several days.
