Secrets of Ancient Egypt

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00:00Egypt's golden embrace, mummies, magic, and mortality.

00:12The gilded path to eternity Egypt, a land forged by the Nile, ruled by pharaohs, and haunted by the promise of eternity.

00:21For millennia, its people looked towards the afterlife, not with fear, but with meticulous preparation.

00:30They sought to cheat death, to preserve the body so the soul could journey onward.

00:36And for some, this journey demanded an entrance unlike any other, an embrace of pure, radiant gold.

00:44They are known colloquially as the golden mummies, not one specific pharaoh, not a singular discovery, but a phenomenon.

00:56Mummies encased, adorned, transformed by the very substance the ancient Egyptians believed was the flesh of the gods.

01:05The body was cleaned again, anointed with fragrant oils and resins like myrrh and cedar wood, both for preservation and ritual purification.

01:16The skin might be treated to restore some suppleness.

01:21The empty body cavity was then permanently packed with linen, sawdust, or other materials, sometimes including the wrapped organs themselves in later periods.

01:32Finally, the intricate wrapping process began.

01:37Hundreds of yards of fine linen strips were used, meticulously wound around the limbs and torso.

01:45The evolution of embalming.

01:48From simple to sublime.

01:51During the Old Kingdom, circa 2686 to 181 BCE,

01:56the era of the Great Pyramid Builders, early attempts at artificial mummification were made.

02:03Organs were sometimes removed and bodies were wrapped in linen.

02:08However, the techniques were still rudimentary compared to later periods.

02:13The focus was perhaps more on the monumental tomb itself as the guarantor of eternity.

02:19The Middle Kingdom, circa 2055 to 1650 BCE, saw refinements.

02:25Embalmers became more skilled at removing internal organs, although the brain was often left inside or removed crudely.

02:34Bodies were treated with dehydrating agents like natron, a naturally occurring salt mixture found in desert lake beds.

02:43Coffins became more common, often decorated with texts known as the coffin texts, spells intended to guide the deceased.

02:51It was during the New Kingdom, Egypt's imperial age, that mummification arguably reached its zenith, particularly for royalty and the elite.

03:02This era gave us the iconic image of the Egyptian mummy.

03:06The process was elaborate and took around 70 days.

03:09First, the brain was typically removed, often through the nostrils using long hooks, a delicate and gruesome procedure.

03:19Then, a slit was made in the left flank, and the internal organs, lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines, were carefully extracted.

03:30Only the heart, considered the seat of intelligence and emotion, was usually left in place, essential for the final judgment.

03:40The removed organs were cleaned, treated with natron, anointed with oils and resins, and placed into special containers called canopic jars.

03:51Each jar's lid represented one of the four suns of Horus, tasked with protecting the specific organ within.

04:00Imseti, human-headed, guarded the liver.

04:04Hopi, baboon-headed, the lungs.

04:07Duamutef, jackal-headed, the stomach.

04:11And Kebisenuef, falcon-headed, the intestines.

04:14The body cavity was then rinsed, often with palm wine possessing antibacterial properties, and temporarily packed with natron or linen to maintain shape.

04:26The entire body was then buried in a large pile of dry natron for about 40 days.

04:33This crucial step drew out moisture, desiccating the tissues and preventing decay.

04:38After the desiccation period the natron was removed, Egypt's golden embrace, mummies, magic, and mortality, the gilded path to eternity.

04:50Egypt, a land forged by the Nile, ruled by pharaohs, and haunted by the promise of eternity.

04:58For millennia, its people looked towards the afterlife, not with fear, but with meticulous preparation.

05:05They sought to cheat death, to preserve the body so the soul could journey onward.

05:12And for some, this journey demanded an entrance unlike any other, an embrace of pure, radiant gold.

05:20They are known, colloquially, as the golden mummies.

05:25Not one specific pharaoh, not a singular discovery, but a phenomenon.

05:30Mummies encased, adorned, transformed by the very substance the ancient Egyptians believed was the flesh of the gods.

05:39The Egyptian Obsession.

05:41Why mummify?

05:43To understand the golden mummies, we must first journey deep into the ancient Egyptian psyche.

05:50Into their intricate beliefs about life, death, and what lies beyond.

05:54For them, death was not an end, but a transition.

06:00A perilous journey that required the deceased's physical form to remain intact.

06:06They believed the individual was composed of several spiritual parts.

06:11The ka, the vital life force, needed sustenance even after death, provided through offerings.

06:18The ba, often depicted as a human-headed bird, was the personality, capable of leaving the tomb, but needing to return to the preserved body each night.

06:31The ak was the transfigured spirit, residing among the stars, achieved only after a successful judgment.

06:38The ultimate goal was resurrection, eternal life in the field of reeds, a paradise ruled by Osiris, the god of the underworld.

06:50But this required passing the final judgment, the weighing of the heart ceremony.

06:56Here, in the Hall of Two Truths, the deceased's heart was weighed against the feather of Ma'at, the goddess of truth and justice.

07:05If the heart was heavy with sin, it would be devoured by the terrifying creature Amit, condemning the soul to oblivion.

07:15If it balanced, the deceased was declared true of voice and granted passage to the afterlife.

07:22But none of this was possible if the body decayed.

07:25The ba would have no home to return to, the ka no vessel to sustain.

07:31Preservation was paramount.

07:33In the earliest days, during the pre-dynastic period, the arid desert sands themselves were the first embalmers.

07:42Bodies buried in simple pit graves were naturally desiccated by the hot, dry environment, preserving them remarkably well.

07:51The skin might be treated to restore some suppleness.

07:54The empty body cavity was then permanently packed with linen, sawdust, or other materials, sometimes including the wrapped organs themselves in later periods.

08:07Finally, the intricate wrapping process began.

08:11Hundreds of yards of fine linen strips were used, meticulously wound around the limbs and torso.

08:18Also, priests recited spells and prayers throughout, embedding magical protection within the lairs.

08:26Amulets, imbued with specific protective powers, were strategically placed.

08:32A funerary mask, often idealized, was placed over the head and shoulders, providing a recognizable face for the ba spirit.

08:51The completed mummy was then sealed within one or more coffins, sometimes nested like Russian dolls,

09:00and finally placed within a stone sarcophagus in the tomb, ready for its eternal journey.

09:06Tutankhamun's burial, with its solid gold innermost coffin and iconic mask, represents the pinnacle of New Kingdom royal funerary practice.

09:18A precursor to the widespread gilding seen later, the advent of the golden mummy.

09:24While gold had always been associated with divinity and royalty in Egypt, used in funerary masks, jewelry, and coffin decorations since the Old Kingdom,

09:36the specific phenomenon, often referred to as golden mummies, becomes particularly prominent in the later periods of Egyptian history,

09:45especially during the Ptolemaic, Greek, and Roman rule.

09:50Why gold?

09:51In Egyptian belief, gold was the skin of the gods.

09:56It was associated with the sun god Ra, the source of all life.

10:02Its incorruptibility mirrored the desire for eternal existence.

10:07To encase the deceased in gold, or even gilded material,

10:11was to magically assist in their transformation into a divine being, an Osiris, ready to be reborn.

10:19It was a statement of status, yes, but more profoundly, it was an investment in divinity.

10:26For more information, visit www.APARA.gov,

10:43it was an investment in the future.

10:44For more information, visit www.APARA.gov.

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