ABSTRACT
THEearliestsurvivingevidencefortheartificialpreservationofthe deadbodyinEgyptdatestotheArchaicPeriod.'Whileitis probablethattheremovaloftheinternalorgansplayedamajorrole inthisfromtheoutset,unequivocalevidencefortheirseparate preservationisnotfounduntilthetimeofKheops. 2However, architecturalarrangementsthatappeartohavebeenintendedto accommodatewoodencanopicchestsmaybeidentifiedincertain Second/ThirdDynastytombsatSaqqaraandothersites.3
