4th Grade READ180 students are mummifying a chicken in prepartion of our Mummy Unit in READ180. We are following the same processes the mummy makers followed when they mummified King Tut. First, we took out the organs from the body and put them in a separate container. Then, we covered the body with salt in order to dry the body. We are changing the salt each Friday in order to get the body as dry as possible. We have noticed a sweet BBQ chicken smell each time we open the bag. Once completely dried, we will put a few sweet smelling spices on the body with some good olive oil. This will help preserve the body. We will also wrap the body in cloth and place it in its very own sarcaphagus. This is a neat project!
