The costs of mummification were not simple, the process itself varies its cost from one person to another, as well as the external appearance of the mummy, and the quality of materials used in the mummy from others, all of this is measured by the status and wealth of the deceased, and funerary objects designed for people with different levels of wealth when they were alive, or One of the family.
There were at least strategies available for those who were planning a cemetery, some of whom could replace, imitate, merge, reuse and replace expensive materials with cheaper ones, for example use porcelain made of sand instead of more expensive gold, or a mummy mask of clay can be painted yellow. To imitate gold, especially with expensive coffins, there was a separate cartonnage (mask) that was placed on the mummy, and it was shaped like the normal size of the deceased and wore daily clothes and placed directly on the mummy to save money
These economics methods reveal immense creativity among those who did not have the means to furnish a tomb according to elite standards ... While the craftsmanship and extravagant materials used for the wealthy inspire admiration for their exceptional beauty, the things designed for the common person have a modest and eloquent presence in their own right.
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