Measure the weight of the hot dog on the kitchen scale. Record this value (in grams [g]) in your data table. When you did this science project you might have seen a difference in the hot dog at day 14 compared to day 7. If you did, then the hot dog may still only be partially mummified. How long do you need to repeat this process until the hot dog is completely mummified? You could investigate this by continuing to test the hot dog, adding fresh baking soda and recording measurements and observations once a week for weeks until you do not see any more changes in the hot dog. It may then be completely mummified. Next, the internal organs were removed through an incision, usually made in the left-hand side of the abdomen. But the heart, believed to be the center of wisdom, was deliberately left in place. Spells 27, 28, and 29 in the collection of mortuary texts known now as the Book of the Dead state the importance of keeping this organ connected to the body. It took another eight years before the next mummy film from Universal surfaced. The Mummy’s Hand (1940) was the first in a reimagined but decidedly dumbed-down franchise. Despite popular belief, Karloff actually only appears as the titular bandaged being during the memorably unnerving 10-minute opening of the original film: it was only in the follow-ups that the revived creature became the lumbering threat we know today. The idea of a mobile mummy would have been totally alien to the ancient Egyptians and goes against the entire concept of mummification, sought to preserve the dead for a still and peaceful afterlife.

The procedure originated from medical research. The initial aim was to provide a highly accurate visualization of the interior body from tomographic images to improve medical diagnostics, surgical planning, and education of medical students.

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For older elementary kids, The History Channel has this wonderful clip, that represents the mummification process: Doesn't help that Jason is quite the bragger. One day, Andi's class visits the museum and sees this mummy. Basically, Andy touches her and gets this weird feeling. Soon after, he finds himself doing way better at thing like art and math, even creating a fake mummy of his own that everyone fawns over. Plus, some wishes he makes start coming tree. Certainly in Egypt mummification was very much a growth industry, with levels of service depending on cost. In the deluxe version, the brain was generally extracted down the nose and the entrails removed before the hollow body was dried out with salts. The dried skin was then treated with complex blends of oils and resins whose precise nature is now being studied using the latest analytical techniques. It is difficult to know exactly why such pre-literate societies practised mummification, but it must surely reflect a desire to keep their dead with them since the mummies do not seem to have been buried immediately. In some cases the faces have been repainted several times and damage to the area of the feet suggests they stood upright, perhaps as objects of veneration. Return to the SMART Notebook presentation and exhibit slide 5, which entails the matching of illustrations with the appropriate description of the mummification process. The instructor will direct individual students to place the pictures in the areas with the proper descriptions.

The key trait of the mummy is its linen wrappings, often the last step of mummification. This final procedure was carried out with great solemnity, the wrappers taking many days to entirely envelop the body. The amount of fabric used varied from one mummy to another and, in the case of less well-off clients, belonged to the deceased in their lifetimes. Every single action was defined in minute detail and accompanied by the appropriate spell. Amulets of various kinds were placed inside the folds of the linen to provide greater protection, as well as papyri with magic spells.

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Andy is a decently relatable protagonist who is likable as Jason is indeed a braggy jerk. He's got a step mother and thankfully she's nice and he's even nice to her, he likes her so we get to "you're not my real mom" stuff. Oh and he's got a little sister he bonds with, that was refreshing. The family stuff is important, as Andy's birth mom died when he was young and Jason's birth dad basically left for California. I recently took a road trip with my kids and we listened to this audio book on the way. It was great - one of the quietest trips we had ever done. Every time a disc finished, the kids begged for the next one as they were so engrossed in the story. Born and raised in New Jersey, Elvira Woodruff has also lived in Boston, Massachusetts. She has two sons, Noah and Jess. When she isn’t writing, Woodruff likes gardening—especially with blue flowers—and enjoys traveling. “[One] year I fell in love with Leonardo daVinci and flew to Italy where I rented a car and traced his footsteps from Vinci to Florence and Milan.” She also spends a lot of her time visiting schools and libraries, sharing her ideas about writing with children. Now discard the old baking soda and clean out your box. Make sure you dry it thoroughly. Repeat step 4 using fresh baking soda and the same hot dog. For more than 12 years, a group of researchers headed by Professor Karl Heinz Höhne, PhD, at the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science in Medicine (IMDM) has done research in the field of anatomical 3D reconstruction of the living human body. Procedures have improved over the years, and thus, it is nowadays possible to produce computer-based body models (“virtual bodies”), which can be examined in the way an anatomist or surgeon would do it. With the program named VOXEL-MAN, operations can be simulated and planned in advance, and 3D anatomical atlases can be produced. In these fields, Höhne’s group did pioneering work, like for example in 1987, when the first brain of a living human being was reconstructed. Meanwhile, the focus in on the development of medical training simulators.