Bodies In Ancient Egypt

In the earliest known times, the dead in Egypt, were buried directly beneath the ground. Bodies were often preserved well in the ground if it was buried in a particularly sandy or dry spot due to Egypt’s climate being an extremely hot, dry and therefor arid environment. The bodies were generally buried in a fetal (curled up) position and only buried with a few simple pots or other small goods. Eventually, the richer individuals felt the need for something better, so the Egyptians built simple mud-brick tombs called Mastabas (bench in Arabic). These houses for the dead created a problem that needed resolving. Since the bodies were no longer being buried in the sand there was nothing to naturally preserve it. So when family members would return