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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Burial Chamber Explorer Journal

Hello.  Explorer Noah Matricciani here.  I am recording this message because I have found the tomb of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Nefertiti.  In this tomb, I have found the most magnificent items; from canonic jars to beautiful gold necklaces to even an Ancient Egyptian boat.  All of the items in Nefertiti's  tomb have not been touched since the tomb was sealed forever.  That means that no grave robbers have entered this tomb at all.
Already, I can understand why some of the items are in this tomb.  You see, the canonic jars hold all of the preserved organs that were once inside Nefertiti's body such as the liver, lungs, stomach, and the intestines.  The necklaces and beautiful clothing is probably some of the Pharaoh's prized possessions.  The boat that is in the tomb was probably put there so it would bring safe voyages to the Ba as it travels through the afterlife on Ra's sun boat.
On the walls of the tomb, there are also very descriptive paintings that show the mummification process.  The first painting shows the announcement of death and how a big crowd of people looks like they're getting ready to mourn.  The second painting  depicts the process known as embalming the body where priests are shown draining the fluids out of the corpse of Nefertiti.  The next painting shows the priests sticking a hook through the corpse's nose and pulling out the brain.  The fourth painting shows how the priests then cut a little slit on the left side of the abdomen and the priests pull out the live, lungs, stomach, and the intestines.  This painting also shows the priests putting linen, straw, and other packing materials into the body to keep the general shape of the person.  The fifth painting shows the drying out process where the corpse is placed on a tilted slab with salt so all of the liquids can drain into a basin below.  The next painting shows the wrapping of the body where the priests are using hundreds of yards of linen to wrap the body and the priests would put charms and amulets in between each layer of wrapping.  After the wrapping, the same painting also shows how the mummy had make-up applied and false eyes inserted so Nefertiti's Ka would be able to recognize it's body.  Nefertiti is then put into a exquisitely decorated coffin.  The second to last painting shows the final procession where mourners follow the coffin to the tomb where the opening of the mouth ceremony takes place.  The final painting shows the opening of the mouth ceremony where priests touch certain parts of the body with certain instruments so that the mummy can eat, see, hear, and move in the afterlife.  The painting also shows the body being put in the tomb so it can be sealed forever.
Well, now it's time to send this beautiful piece of history to the lab so it can be studied and I can figure out more about Nefertiti.