Burial Practices (p. 96-97)
1. What does it mean to 'preserve a body?
2. Why did the Egyptians preserve bodies?
3. How long did it take to embalm a body?
4. Which members of society could afford to be mummified?
5. Where do you think these Egyptians were in the Social Hierarchy? (top or bottom?)
6. How were bodies preserved if they could not afford to be mummified?
