From the legacies of ancient Egypt (wailing and crying) at funerals

Among the customs inherited from the ancient Egyptians are the wailing and crying over the dead, which we have not gotten rid of until now, even after the entry of the heavenly religions to Egypt, and also the custom of the forty, which is an ancient Egyptian custom where the mummy is opened to complete the embalming process. Just.

As for the profession of female mourners, this profession may still be practiced until now in a number of villages and rural areas of Egypt, and it is done by showing many forms of sadness and pain for the death of the deceased, especially if the deceased was not from relatives and loved ones. In addition to that, smearing the head with dirt or mud, and also throwing on the ground. Therefore, we find that most of the mourning clothes tend to gray or blue as a result of dirt and dirt, which is the color that Egyptian women wear at the time of the funeral, which is black or muted blue until now. There have been many scenes of scars in pharaonic tombs and throughout ancient Egyptian history, but there are only two theorists Only for women mourners or mourners in the era of the Middle Kingdom.

Their numbers ranged from two hundred to three hundred women, who would gather around the city and sing songs that describe the good character of the king or ruler and the good talk about him, then they lay dust on their heads, and unfortunately this is still present in Upper Egypt.