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Why did Egyptians mummify the dead?

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Answer:

In order to live for all eternity and be presented in front of Osiris, the body of the deceased had to be preserved by mummification, so that the soul could reunite with it, and take pleasure in the afterlife.

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User Analiz
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Answer:

to preserve them

Step-by-step explanation:

it's like putting salt on meat, to preserve it from going bad. they mummified them to preserve the dead

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