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. ... By Graeco-Roman times, the idealized face mask was often replaced with more realistic portrait painted on wood panel while the bandages were arranged in intricate geometric patterns. ... At some stage the plans were altered, and the pyramid grew into a series of six diminishing terraces. ...

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