Antiquity. Opening of corpses

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Within centuries in Ancient Egypt bodies of the died the incalculable quantity of corpses for withdrawal of interiors and a brain, interfering embalming was embalmed, opened. Despite it, ancient Egyptians almost knew nothing about anatomy, short of anatomy of bones. And they knew it, it is probable, because constantly encountered bones of the people who have become by victims of desert, the sun, difficulties of travel.

Corpses for embalming opened in such a manner that through one cut deleted all bodies of a belly and chest cavity; certainly, to notice thus their arrangement, topography it was impossible. Apparently on mummies, a cut made on the left side of the bottom part of a stomach.

The interiors Taken out through it stored separately in order to avoid fast decomposition. Embalmed, possibly, only corpses rich as existed three categories of the embalming, considerably differing on a way of performance, the price and, obviously, on duration of action.

At the most expensive way a brain deleted through nasal apertures so that was not required to do an aperture in a skull. Heart often left in a breast - after all it in the next world too should be to the higher judge to give evidences about the died. Once at one mummy instead of heart have found a stone; probably that itself died in the face of death has felt a remorse and, having realised the cruelty, has disposed to make such replacement.