The mummies

You may have seen living mummies in movies. Real mummies are not alive like they're in the movies. When kings and queens died in ancient Egypt, people made their bodies into mummies.

First the brain, liver and lungs were taken out. The brain, liver and lungs were put into stone jars. The heart was usually left inside the body.

Special plants were put on the body. Then the body was wrapped with long strips of cloth. A frame was put around the body. The frame was painted with pictures.

In modern times, people found some mummies and took off the strips of cloth. The mummies looked very much like the bodies had looked right after the people died.