Ancient Egyptians practiced mummification, a process of preserving the dead, as they believed in an afterlife. They removed moisture from the body, used preservatives, and wrapped it in linen.

Embalming was just one step in the careful process of preserving a body. The key steps of mummification were: Removal of the brain - possibly using a "whisking" process to cause the brain to ...

Dr Joann Fletcher visits an Italian museum in Turin to examine the process of mummification ... and explains why the heart was left inside the body. Joann also looks at the significance of ...