We raided all of our first-aid kits for gauze wraps, hustled up some valuable amulets, and looted the kitchen cupboards for salt, scented oils, herbs and spices.
First we soaked the gauze in starch and then wrapped our deceased from head to toe. Then, we inserted the amulets into the gauze wrappings. Next, we applied our scented oils, salts, herbs and spices to preserve the bodys and slow decay.
Here is Madeline making sure her mummy is well-salted. Please pass the pepper.
I think he was also hoping that we would be collecting the inner organs in canopic jars...
Here he is, hard at work tucking amulets within his mummy's bandanges. He seemed satisfied dressing the body with oils and LOTS of spices.
Next week we hope to decorate coffins and sarcophagi in preparation for our fieldtrip to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose.
For now, it's off to the store to buy more gauze...
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