Archaeologists have made a surprising discovery in an ancient Egyptian workshop that reveals the secrets of how mummies were made.

Researchers from the University of Manchester and the University of Liverpool uncovered a large number of vessels that contained the ingredients used in the mummification process. The vessels were found at a workshop in the ancient city of Akhmim, located in the modern-day Sohag Governorate of Egypt.

The vessels contained a variety of ingredients, including a plant-based oil, beeswax, cedar resin, and pine resin. These ingredients were used to preserve the body and create a mummy.

The ingredients were sourced from far-flung locales, including the Levant and Mesopotamia, suggesting that the mummification process was a highly organized and wide-reaching endeavor.

The discovery of the workshop is a major breakthrough in the study of ancient Egyptian mummification practices and provides valuable insight into the process.

The findings, published in the journal Antiquity, shed light on the complex and sophisticated techniques used by the ancient Egyptians to preserve their dead.

“The discovery of the workshop is a major breakthrough in the study of ancient Egyptian mummification practices and provides valuable insight into the process,” said Dr. Stephen Buckley, an archaeologist at the University of Manchester and one of the authors of the study.

The research team believes that the workshop was used to produce mummies for several generations of Egyptians.

“This discovery is a significant step in understanding the ancient Egyptian mummification process,” said Dr. Buckley. “It provides us with a unique window into the past and reveals the complexity of the mummification process, and the lengths the ancient Egyptians went to in order to preserve their dead.”