Fit for a Pharaoh; Here's What One Well-Dressed Mummy Wore To the Afterlife

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 11, 2002 | Copyright information

Packing for Eternity

What to bring along if you're going to live forever? Gold is a good choice, because it doesn't tarnish or decay. The Egyptians believed that the gods' flesh was gold. They considered gold the perfect material to be immortal. The bracelet is made of two sheets of gold, held together with a hinge.

Bodies, of course, do decay. But the ancient Egyptians thought if they preserved their bodies they could come back to life. That wouldn't happen automatically, though...

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