PugJesus@lemmy.world to The Internet in Ancient Times@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoKids these days just don't want to work!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1376arrow-down14cross-posted to: historyartifacts@lemmy.worldhistorymemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1372arrow-down1imageKids these days just don't want to work!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to The Internet in Ancient Times@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: historyartifacts@lemmy.worldhistorymemes@lemmy.world
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 months agoHad to check if this was the onion. Did they mummify just anybody? I thought they was reserved for rich people.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up28·2 months agoAccording to wikipedia: The third and least expensive method the embalmers offered was to clear the intestines with an unnamed liquid, injected as an enema. The body was then placed in natron for seventy days and returned to the family. Herodotus gives no further details.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·2 months agoThis fool takin’ time off work to watch his dead mom get an enema with an unnamed liquid?
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoSomebody needs to drive her there I assume
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoReally laughing for the first time today thanks.
minus-squareFinal Remix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 months agoRinse 'em out, give 'em back. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoPoorer folk would get less elaborate versions of the same process, essentially.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoSo, the pinewood box version of mummification?
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoThey used terracotta coffins, which is basically the cardboard coffin compared to a natural stone one.
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoYes. And the pinewood box version of a pyramid. Mid range was a tiny pyramid. Low end was a ditch covered with a rock and a pile of sand. Idk. I’m not an archeologist.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoMaybe the “workers” in this case are actually the Pharaoh’s ministers who don’t want to come to court.
Had to check if this was the onion. Did they mummify just anybody? I thought they was reserved for rich people.
According to wikipedia:
This fool takin’ time off work to watch his dead mom get an enema with an unnamed liquid?
Somebody needs to drive her there I assume
Really laughing for the first time today thanks.
Rinse 'em out, give 'em back. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Poorer folk would get less elaborate versions of the same process, essentially.
So, the pinewood box version of mummification?
They used terracotta coffins, which is basically the cardboard coffin compared to a natural stone one.
Yes. And the pinewood box version of a pyramid. Mid range was a tiny pyramid. Low end was a ditch covered with a rock and a pile of sand.
Idk. I’m not an archeologist.
Maybe the “workers” in this case are actually the Pharaoh’s ministers who don’t want to come to court.