I have a book on ancient Egypt and it says that typically the organs of royalty and other people from the privileged classes were removed from their bodies prior to the embalming process - something to do with having a better afterlife - but not so for the bodies of "commoners".
IIN to wonder about the ashes?
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I have a book on ancient Egypt and it says that typically the organs of royalty and other people from the privileged classes were removed from their bodies prior to the embalming process - something to do with having a better afterlife - but not so for the bodies of "commoners".