Interesting and curious facts about the lives of the ancient Egyptian people

At the banquet, a wooden mummy was shown to the guests

Herodotus, a renowned Greek historian, states that at that time a wooden statue, symbolized by the dead, was shown to guests to remind them of the shortness of life. This was done by saying these sentences: “Look at her (wood mummies), drink and enjoy your life, because you will be so after death!”