Mummification

The mummification process has two stages. The first one is called embalming. The embalming process cleans the body for the wrapping, the second stage. The wrapping has a number of special steps, that must be followed with great care, for if you were being mummified, you must be an extremely important person.
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Embalming

Step 1: The body is washed with palm wine.
Step 2: The body is rinsed with water from the Nile River.
Step 3: A small cut is made in the left side of the body.
Step 4: The internal organs which are the liver, lungs, small intestines, and large intestines, are removed.
Step 5: The brains are removed. A long hook inserted through the nose will pull the brains out. (The Egyptians did not know what the brain was for, so they removed it.)
Step 6: The body is covered and stuffed with natron. This is known as the drying stage.
Step 7: Wait forty days for the body to dry.
Step 8: The body will be washed with water from the Nile River.
Step 9: The body is covered with sweet smelling oils.
Step 10: The body is stuffed with dry things, such as sawdust, leaves, and linen.
Step 11: The body is covered with more oils.
Step 12: The internal organs are put into the canopic jars.
Now the body is ready for the next stage, wrapping.
Wrapping

Step 1: The head and neck are wrapped.
Step 2: The fingers and toes are wrapped.
Step 3: The arms and legs are wrapped.
Step 4: The sacred amulets are placed. The Isis knot, and the Plummet.
Step 5: The spells from the book of the dead are read.
Step 6: The arms and legs are tied together.
Step 7: A scroll is placed between the hands of the deceased. 
Step 8: The full body is wrapped.
Step 9: The body is painted with liquid resin as glue.
Step 10: A cloth with Osiris painted on it is wrapped around the body.
Step 11: A large cloth is wrapped around the body.
Step 12: Linen stripes are wrapped around the body to hold the cloth in place.
Step 13: The mummy is put in the first coffin.
Step 14: The mummy is put in the second coffin.
Step 15: The funeral is held.
Step 16: The opening of the mouth ceremony is performed.
Step 17: The mummy is put in the sarcophagus.
Step 18: The mummy is put in its final resting place, the tomb.
Anubis

Anubis was the god of embalming and the dead. He was believed to watch over the process of mummification.