Ancient Egyptian Mummification

We reviewed for our quiz tomorrow and discussed Egyptian mummification and how the embalming process of corpses is different today than it was then in Egypt. Bodies had their organs removed, except for the heart, probably due to religious reasoning and belief in an afterlife, and were then left in salt for around 40 days. After this, resin and waxen linen strips were wrapped around the body. Protection symbols and hieroglyphics surrounding rebirth were painted on the mummy using pigments and gold, and mummified animals were placed with bodies as offerings to certain gods and/or goddesses. The example we saw had an ibis mummified with the body as an offering to Thoth.
Modern day corpses are often only prepared to last long enough for an open casket funeral, and are then put into a coffin and placed into the ground. This process of burial means our bodies will decay relatively quickly as moisture, heat/ cold, and insects impact the corpse.
This is because Egyptian religion had a belief in an afterlife that was a continuation of life, relating to Ka, an eternal human life force. Egyptians had their bodies preserved and organs put aside almost as if they still needed them, even though they weren't using them.