First, they draw out the brains through the nostrils with an iron hook...Then with a sharp stone they make an incision in the side and take out
all the bowels... Then having filled the belly with pure myrrh, cassia, and other perfumes, they sew it up again; and when they have done this
they step in natron (a mineral salt), leaving it under for 70 days... At the end of 70 days, they wash the corpse, and wrap it in bandages of waxen
cloth
The excerpt describes a process encountered in ancient Egypt used for
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preserving the body.
worshipping in a ziggurat
providing irrigation systems,
designing cuneiform.