For over a century archaeologists and teachers have taught students that ancient Egyptians mummified their deceased to “preserve” their bodies.

So, imagine the surprise of archaeologists when they discovered that the painstaking elaborate process of mummification was never intended to preserve the bodies of the deceased at all!

In today’s video we are crunching the real reason behind the ancient Egyptians’ mummification.

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Source: thearchaeologist.org