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What materials were used to fill body cavities in elaborate Egyptian embalming?

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surgeon; American Civil War — embalming An embalming surgeon at work on a soldier's body during the American Civil War.

In the most elaborate method of ancient Egyptian embalming, the body cavities were filled with a powder consisting of myrrh and various other aromatic resins and perfumes.1