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  2. Embalming - Wikipedia

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    Features may also be set after the completion of the arterial embalming process, which allows the embalmer to clean and remove any purge that occurs during the embalming process. Tank containing embalming fluid. The actual embalming process usually involves four parts:

  3. Disembowelment - Wikipedia

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    The process of embalming sometimes includes removing the internal organs. Mummification, especially as practiced by the ancient Egyptians, entailed the removal of internal organs prior to the preservation of the remainder of the body. The removed organs were embalmed, stored in canopic jars and then placed in the tomb with the body.

  4. Embalming chemicals - Wikipedia

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    The organs in the chest cavity and the abdomen are then punctured and drained of gas and fluid contents. Many other bodily fluids may also be displaced and removed from the body using the arterial system and in the case of cavity treatment aspirated from the body and replaced with a specialty fluid known as cavity fluid.

  5. Scans help solve a 3,000-year-old mystery of a high-status ...

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    Any internal organs removed during the process were typically placed in canopic jars, each featuring an iconographic lid with one of the four sons of the Egyptian god Horus to protect each organ ...

  6. Paleoradiology - Wikipedia

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    The typical process of mummification, as written by Herodotus, involves the removal of the four major internal organs (liver, intestines, lungs and stomach) and placement of them in four canopic jars. The heart is removed, embalmed and placed back into the body as it is an important feature in the journey to the Egyptian afterlife. However ...

  7. Research reveals new insights into ancient Egyptian embalming

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    The mummification process was long, complex and involved the use of many different embalming substances. But the process may also have played an important role in the early emergence of global ...

  8. Ancient Egyptian funerary practices - Wikipedia

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    During this process, special priests worked as embalmers as they treated and wrapped the body of the deceased in preparation for burial. The process of mummification was available for anyone who could afford it. It was believed that even those who could not afford this process could still enjoy the afterlife with the recitation of the correct ...

  9. Woman Recalls Having 8 Organs Removed During 'the ... - AOL

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    Louise, a former model and flight dispatcher at London's Gatwick Airport, told BBC that cancer cells had spread around her body, and she would need to remove eight of her organs, including her ...