4 (french) Werber, Bernard

228 - Egyptian mythology
In ancient Egypt, during the eighteenth dynasty, treatment
the pharaohs and some notable deaths follows a
ceremonial embalming very precise and strict. We starts
down the body on the back. The master ceremony is usually
a priest of Osiris, dressed as Horus. He is accompanied by
four assistants who symbolize the four cardinal points. They
remove hair the body then incise the abdomen on the left
up to the the diaphragm. The priest of Osiris inserts his
hand inside of the wound and begin to empty the noble
organs may rot: liver, spleen, lungs, intestine, stomach. A
Once cleaned, they reintegrate after they have been treated
in solutions conservative herbal. Aid coat the rib cage with
tar to prevent the flesh does not crumble. Then they stuff the
body with oil, fabric and myrrh to restore the form a belly.
The same applies to the skull. They put in the nostrils of the
deceased a rigid rod to pierce his the two nasal cavities.
The embalmer can rub a tool bent with whom he
mincemeat of brains that expel then blowing into the other
nostril. Once the brain is ejected, the master of ceremonies
will file tar inside the skull. He will distribute evenly over the
inner surface by rotating Carefully head in all directions for
this water Well The body is finally covered with strips of
yellow linen saffron. The face is placed a pair of eyes
dummy wood, and a funerary mask cardboard painted
image of death. The face paints must be young and
peaceful.