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1. List three places where mummies can be found.
2. A mummy can be a person or an _________.
3. Mummification usually happens if the body ___ out quickly after ____.
4. List four ways mummies can be dried out.
5. The ancient Egyptians believed that mummifying a person's body after death was essential to ensure a ___ ___ to the _______.

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6. How long did it take to embalm a body?
7. Who had elaborate funerals? List 3
8. Who had the most magnificent burials of all?
9. What was the first step in mummification?
10. What four organs are removed from the body?
11. The organs were embalmed using ______.
12. How was the brain removed from the body?
13. Fingers and toes were covered with protective ___ ___ and individually wrapped with ___, ___ ___ of ___.
14. A body was wrapped in how many layers of linenstrips?
15. List two ways people showed their grief?

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16. The number of Egyptians that were mummified was about ______.
17. Many Egyptians became Christians and no longer believed that __________ was necessary for ____ after death.
18. The best preserved mummies are those of the ____ and their _____.
19. Three of the mos famous Egyptians mummies are ______, ____ ____, and ____________ (____ ___ ____).
20. Tutankhamen is also know by what name?

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