Removal of Organs

Removal of Organs

When a man died, the local king’s officer would announce his death in the place where he lived. After that, priests would take the dead body to the per-nefer. The body was placed onto a special stone table, lightly lopsided with openings for discharging body liquids. The table ended with a semi-circular container on the lower side. The body was then washed and epilated.

After that, the abdomen was cut from the left side of the body in order to remove the internal organs. It was advisable for the cut to stretch from the diaphragm to the pubic bone, so that apart from the digestive tract, milt and liver, also the organs of the chest could be removed: the heart and the lungs.