Descriptive Essay On Life After Death

The body will now be covered and stuffed with natron to dry it out. All of the rags and fluids that were used in the process are buried with the body. After forty more days, the body is then washed again and covered in oils to keep the skin elastic. The organs that are dehydrated are wrapped in linen then returned to

The condition rigor mortis develops several hours after death because of a lack of ATP. It is characterized by

The mummification process is done in two phases, the first being embalming and the latter being wrapping and burial. There was a special place for embalming to take place known as the ibu. The ibu was called the place of purification. The first thing the embalmers do is to clean his body with aromatic palm wine and rinse it with Nile water. The next step involves removing all but a select few of the internal organs. The process used to remove the internal organs changed over time and varied with the wealth of the body in question. The heart was left in the body because of its necessity as the focal point of mental and emotional stability. The body’s fluids and rags used in this phase are left with the body for its burial. The body is left for a period of

A dead body that has been exposed to the elements such as water, air, temperature and weather, will decompose quicly and will attract much more insect activity. Colder temperatures slow decomposition, while warmer temperatures rather speed up the process of decomposition. If a body is available to insects, than the insects alone can reduce a fully fleshed body to skeletal bones withing a two week time period. Key factors to consider are: temperature, availability of oxygen, cause of death, trauma, humidity or wetness, rainfall, body size and weight, clothing, the surface where the body was resting, and the foods/objects inside the digestive tract of the

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| There is no eternal Life when we die that is it we get put in the ground, nothing else happens except we decompose.

On December 11, 2008 skeletal remains of a young child were found by an utility worker. By the time the worker had discovered the remains it had went through 5 stages of decomposition. The 1st stage starts when the person dies (Csanyi). The 1st stage consists of enzymes in dead body cells start breaking down tissues which is known as autolysis. While this is going on bacteria in the digestive track start to eat the intestines. The 1st stage is called the fresh stage which can last for 1-2 days, unless of course the body is in a hot and humid area (Csanyi). Also at this stage chemical released start to attract flies. The 2nd stage that the body went through is called the putrefaction or the bloated stage (Csanyi). As the internal bacteria form the intestines start to enter the rest of the body, it causes the body to fill with gasses and as this happens the body begins to swell. The smell that comes from this stage is what attracts egg laying insects most of which are blow flies (Csanyi).

The body is cleansed, washed thoroughly from head to toe (Taharah). The faces of the deceased are not allowed to face down out of respect for the deceased. The body is then dried, everything is done by the members of the Burial Society and they also dress the deceased in a

This causes the muscles to stiffen making the deceased body go into the Rigor Mortis stage due to the accumulation of acid in the muscle tissue. Rigor Mortis hits its peak state about twelve hours after a person’s death and slowly decreases over the next forty-eight to sixty hours. Although Rigor Mortis may seem like a reliable source to use when predating a time of death, it is not. “It is not ideal because of the large spans of time it encompasses. The windows can vary by as much as 24 hours and there are also several factors that can severely impact the onset and timeline of Rigor Mortis” (Dillion, “Death and Kinetics.”).  Other factors which can alter the reliability of prediction based on Rigor Mortis is if:  the deceased person had an illness, the temperature of the atmosphere in which the body was discovered, what the person’s activities were before death, and the conditions in which the body was found. Due to the great list of factors that can modify the prediction of time of death using Rigor Mortis, I do not think it is a reliable source for doctors, detectives, or scientists to predict a time of

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The purpose of this essay presented by Jessica Mitford is to inform people of procedures that are being done when embalming a corpse. She explains that most people pay a lot of money each year, and yet “not one in ten thousand has any idea of what actually takes place”, and the books related to this subject or any information are extremely hard to obtain. She adds, there must be a good reason why they keep these procedures secret and if people knew they would not want these procedures performed. Mitford states that traditional embalming in America took place at the home of the deceased, and most times a relative was present during such procedure. In present day this procedure is done by professionals and all others, but students, are not allowed by law in the preparation room.

Next, Roach flies to the University of Tennessee, where they have an area with bodies decomposing all over the lawn. Researchers here observe the processes after death, which begins with autolysis, where enzymes in the body break down cell walls. Roach calls the next step “bloat,” where the bacteria in bodies expel gas, but the body cannot release it, making it swell. The final step is putrefaction or decay, where the body is eaten away by the bacteria inside of it.

When burying a dead body into the ground there are several processes of decomposition going on that leave out foul odor deep into the ground that can cause diseases spread and completely contaminate the whole area depending on the scope that the cemeteries cover. The effects of these

Life after death is a concept that has been around for many centuries. Many philosophers came to the idea that there had to be something after our life ends. For some, they believe in the afterlife. Another concept is that of reincarnation. Reincarnation is the believe that once the physical body dies, the soul is then reborn as a different being. Some religious teachings are actually said to have skewed some of the details about reincarnation.

Catholics believe that the resurrection and death of Jesus have changed the meaning and the effect of human death. Death is no longer the end of an individual’s human identity, because the soul continues on after death. The Catholic Church teaches that a soul may go to heaven, purgatory or hell, depending on the quality of a person’s life on earth. “That the body dies, death is a normal natural process” (Ecclesiasticus 3:1-2) Based upon the sacred scripture and teachings of the Church, we know what Catholic believes after death and what follows it. When someone dies, their soul is separated from their body and no longer sustains any order within the natural body. As a result of this, the human body begins to corrupt and is left to decompose on its own. The soul however is completely different as it is immortal and will never cease to exist