Pacific26 November 2020 (by Joanna Beauclerk (joanna)) |
Mummifying a tomato
This week Pacific class became Ancient Egyptian embalmers!... YUCK!
Mummifying a tomato:
First, we scooped out all of the 'tomato gore' . The Egyptians removed the lungs, liver, stomach and the intestines and placed them in canopic jars.
Next, we covered our dead bodies (tomatoes) in alcohol (anti-bacterial handwash) to clean the body.
Finally, we covered the tomatoes in salt to dry them out, just like the Egyptians used Natron! We created natron using a mix of table salt and bicarbonate of soda.
