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Natron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Natron is a naturally occurring mixture of sodium carbonate decahydrate (Na 2 CO 3 · 10H 2 O, a naturally occurring form of soda ash) and about 17% sodium bicarbonate (also called nahcolite ...
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Lake Natron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Egypt: Used for desiccating mummies, a carbonate salt usually from Wadi Natrun. ... Used for desiccating mummies, a carbonate salt usually from Wadi Natrun. ... Return to Egypt Home Page...
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[Archive] How do you make Natron? Paths: Egyptians, Tamerans, and Kemetics ... Hi, I was wondering: how do you make natron? I read almost everywhere you could make natron mixing salt and baking soda. I also read you had to add water, and than bake it so it becomes hard, but not brown. What's your recipe?
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Ancientnile contact details. ... 4. By the first dynasty there is evidence that natron, a natural salt found in Egypt, was being used. The body would be covered in the salt, which acted like the hot desert sand and started the process of desiccation.
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which led many Egyptologists to believe the body was submerged in a solution of natron salt. The other method, which was tested and proved more logical, called for large amounts of natron salt packed around the body until the 70th day, when the body was desiccated.
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Wrapped natron salt offering (Second Intermediate Period) in the shape of a mummy (containing no actual human remains) on display at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, California. RC 1109...
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