The discovery of dozens of beakers and bowls in a mummification workshop has helped reveal how ancient Egyptians embalmed their dead, with some “surprising” ingredients imported from as far as Southeast Asia, a study said Wednesday.
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Inside the vessels, researchers detected tree resin from Asia, cedar oil from Lebanon and bitumen from the Dead Sea, showing that global trade helped embalmers source the very best ingredients from across the world. Then the embalmers, accompanied by priests, washed the body and used a variety of substances to prevent it from decomposing.Now a team of researchers from Germany’s Tuebingen and Munich universities in collaboration with the National Research Centre in Cairo has found some answers by analysing the residue in 31 ceramic vessels found at the Saqqara mummification workshop.
The head received the most care with three different concoctions — one of which was labelled “to put on his head”. By identifying the residue in their new bowls, the researchers found that the word “antiu”, which has long been translated as myrrh or frankincense, can actually be a mixture of numerous different ingredients.
Stockhammer said “one of the most surprising findings” was the presence of resins, such as dammar and elemi, which likely came from tropical forests in Southeast Asia, as well as signs of Pistacia, juniper, cypress and olive trees from the Mediterranean.
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