Many ancient cultures made mummies

Many ancient cultures made mummies from their dead. But the people most famous for their mummies are the ancient Egyptians. The first Egyptian mummies were not created on purpose . Bodies were buried in shallow graves in the sand. The dry wind and heat of the desert often dried out these bodies very quickly and preserved them naturally. But around 5000 years ago. The Egyptians began to make their own mummies. It took about seventy days to make a mummies from a dead bodies.