The methods of embalming or treating the dead body is called mummification. Mummies are dead humans or animals, whose bodies have been dried or otherwise preserved after death. Mummification was very popular in Ancient Egypt as the climate made it very easy to dry out and mummify a corpse. Ancient Egyptian god, Anubis, was the protector of embalming and guardian of both the mummy and the necropolis. Many famous pharaohs were mummified including Tutankhamun and Ramses. The mummies of pharaohs were placed in ornate stone coffins called sarcophaguses. They were then buried in the famous Egyptian pyramids, which were the royal tombs and the final resting place for the Egyptian royalty. The tombs were usually filled with everything that was supposed to be needed in the afterlife: food, wine, tools, and perfumes among other.