| Were the Egyptians ghouls, or what??
| When exactly did the Egyptians make mummies? Do they still do this today?
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| Oh, no! Not the tongs! Stay away from my nose!
| What is a sarcophagus? AND Is the plural of sarcophagus--sarcophagi??
| Weren't all mummies treated the same?
| Advice from the expert mummy-makers.
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| They even mummified snakes.
| Can mummified cats purr?
| Would you want the job of crocodile embalmer?
| The sacred ibis.
| My gosh! How many kinds of animals did they mummify?
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| Get your shopping list together.
| Chicken juice in the carpet! Eeooh!
| What's a Cornish game hen?
| Can I use the good scissors?
| Form a relationship.
| Nefer-tweety?
| With a blow dryer?
| Isn't this the same stuff we use to make homemade ice cream?
| It's important to do this part correctly.
| How hard can it be to get a plastic bag ready?
| Be gentle.
| All the way up?
| Zip it up?
| Double bag it!
| Can you spell "Lysol"?
| Wash off those chicken germs!
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| We can hardly wait to look!
| It's a smell like you've never smelled before.
| It's just mummified poultry.
| Insist that everyone smell your hen.
| It looks different now.
| More salt.
| Fresh surroundings for the chicken.
| You need 2 layers of protection between you and the odor.
| We have got to keep this odor contained!
| Don't forget to put your name on your chicken!
| Leave your classroom neat and tidy.
| Always wash your hands after touching mummies.
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| Re-acquaint yourself with your chicken.
| Don't spill the salt.
| Deal with it.
| Dispose of the old salt and bags.
| My, how you've changed!
| It weighs less than before.
| Repeat the process.
| It seems like we've done this before.
| Just an extra precaution.
| Clear off your tables. Get ready for math.
| Disinfectant is a good idea.
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| We're going to make shoebox sarcophagi for our hens.
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| Our chickens' final resting places.
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| Needed items for chicken mummies
| Cornish game hen
| Removing the plastic wrap from the raw hen
| Proud owners
| Chicken name written on plastic bag
| Dry the chicken
| Get it REALLY dry.
| Students pouring salt into the cavity of the hen
| Students putting a layer of paper towels in the bottom of the plastic bag
| Pouring salt on top of paper towels in bag
| Placing hen on top of salt in bag
| Filling the bag up with salt after the hen is inside
| Close the bag
| Students putting 1st bag into 2nd bag
| Cleaning up
| Ismail washing his hands after handling the chicken
| Student waiting to open salted chicken
| Opening the bag
| Chicken on table preparing for 1st salt change
| Students holding their chicken up to be smelled
| Newly unbagged hen on table for observation
| Students pouring salt inside the chicken
| Inserting hen into fresh bag with fresh salt
| Students putting bag with chicken in it in 2nd bag
| Lily taping her group's chicken
| Student writing hen's name on plastic bag
| Andrew gathering up paper from table
| Students washing up
| Dried chicken on table
| Francisco with his shirt over his nose
| Disposing of old salt
| Chicken mummy
| Smaller chicken
| Students filling their chickens with salt
| Student adding salt and putting hen in double bag
| Putting masking tape around the bag
| Students washing tables and disposing of paper
| Student with disinfectant
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