Mummy legend data

A long time ago, Osiris, the son of the land god Sebu, was very capable and was once the king (Pharaoh) of Egypt. He taught people to engage in agricultural production, such as farming, making bread, brewing wine and mining, which brought people happiness.

So people worship him, regard him as the Nile God, and believe that human life is given by Osiris. He has a younger brother named Seth, who has bad intentions and plots to kill his brother and seize the throne.

One day, Seth invited his brother to dinner and found many people accompanying him. At dinner, Seth pointed to a beautiful coffin and said to everyone, "Whoever can lie in this box will be given it."

Osiris, egged on by everyone, tried it in front of everyone's interview. But as soon as he lay in, Seth closed the coffin, locked it, and threw him into the Nile.

After Osiris was killed, his wife, the goddess Isis, searched everywhere and finally found the body. Unexpectedly, Seth knew about it. He stole the body in the middle of the night, cut it into 48 pieces and threw it in different places. Isis found pieces of Osiris's body from different places and buried them in situ.

Later, Horus, the posthumous son of Osiris, was born. He has been brave since he was a child. When he grew up, he defeated Seth, avenged his father and inherited the throne of the world.

He dug up his father's corpse from all over the country and pieced it together into a mummy. With the help of God, he brought his father back to life.

Osiris's resurrection is not on earth, but in the underworld. In another world, he became the master, responsible for judging the dead and protecting the Pharaoh on earth.

Later, this fairy tale began to spread among the people. When Pharaoh of Egypt heard this, he used it to deceive the people, saying that God helped him when he was old, so he was a ruler when he was alive and a ruler after he died. Anyone who opposes the Pharaoh will be punished alive and will not pass Osiris's trial in the underworld after death.

The meaning of mummies:

The production of The Mummy is mixed with some mysterious and superstitious things. As far as the production of "mummy" itself is concerned, it embodies the achievements of medical level in ancient Egypt.

In the process of making "mummies", Egyptians accumulated a lot of anatomical knowledge, and initially understood the relationship between human blood circulation and heart function, as well as the important role of the brain in the human body.

Edwin Smith papyrus is the most important medical document in ancient Egypt. This medical work was discovered by a man named Edwin Smith in the 1960s from 65438 BC to 0600 BC, and the oldest part of it can be traced back to the period of the Middle Kingdom.

The first half of Papyrus systematically describes the structure of human body, which is very similar to today's human anatomy, and lists 48 cases, which are divided into treatable, refractory and incurable, and also describes the symptoms in detail. Unfortunately, the second half has been lost.

In the sculptures around 2500 BC, we can see the images of doctors performing operations at that time. All these indicate that ancient Egyptian medicine has reached a high level.

The medical achievements of ancient Egypt are directly related to their autopsies and mummies. This expensive method of disposing of corpses is usually suitable for pharaohs, dignitaries and the rich.

It is much easier for the poor to make mummies. Wash the abdomen with laxatives, then soak the body in soda powder for 40 days, take it out, let the wind blow dry and bury it in a dry sand dune.

The ancient Egyptians, rich or poor, were mummified after their death. This is because the ancient Egyptians believed that people were composed of body and soul, and even in the world of the underworld, the dead still needed their own bodies. A corpse is not a "useless corpse". As long as the body is well preserved, it can always be used.

The soul is gradually lost with the gradual destruction of the body. The complete destruction of the body means the complete disappearance of the soul. As long as the body is preserved and the soul has a place to live, the dead can be reincarnated.