Large animals were laid in natron for 40 days (just like humans). This naturally occurring preservative worked wonders in drying out corpses. The animal was then packed in natron (hydrous native sodium carbonate - a fancy way to say that it’s a salt). The animal’s butt was then plugged with what the sign at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo called a “linen tampon” until all internal organs had softened and would flow out when uncorked. Archaeologists have found enemas, douches and vaginal retractors at the excavation site. To mummify one of these beasts, they probably first inserted turpentine or juniper oil into the anus or, ahem, a nearby orifice.
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