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Which salt did the Egyptians use in order to preserve their dead during the mumification process?

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Sodium chloride
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Sodium carbonate
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Sodium bicarbonate
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Natron salt
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Solution

The correct option is D Natron salt
The Egyptians believed that there was life after death. So they preserved dead bodies using Natron salt which was a combination of Sodium carbonate and Sodium bicarbonate.

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