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dot com. History. Hello and welcome back to the Egyptian history podcast episode 56c a royal funeral. and

a royal funeral. Our final episode in the life and times of our most of the first king of Egypt. ships. In 1530 B.C.C.E. the city of Thebes was in mourning. High and low, rich and poor, turned out to celebrate the life and lament the passing of Egypt's greatest

king in generations.

At the age of 35, Nebpechtiray Ahmosa the first, unifier of Egypt and Smiter of the Hexos was gone.

The great king's breath had left his body and the celebrated ruler began his journey to the west.

The king was mummified over a period of approximately three months.

His organs were removed, dried and stored.

The body was dried with salts, and then wrapped in the finest linen available.

Priests and priestesses performed hymns and rituals around the body as it was embalmed

and ensured that malevolent spirits could not attack the king's soul.

When that work was completed, the city prepared for the funeral.

The funeral procession

at the temple of Luxor.

Priests, courtiers and hired mourners gathered around the royal family

and the ornate sled on which the coffin was carried. They began their journey.

The procession was ordered in a very specific manner.

Certain people had to go at the front because it was their job to prepare the way, to clear the road, and to purify the path ahead.

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