Editing Cedar oil (section)

=== Ancient Egypt ===
One of three methods of ancient Egyptian [[embalming]] practices employs the use of cedarwood oil. This was a less costly method than the best known of the ancient Egyptian practices of removing internal organs for separate preservation in [[canopic jar]]s. The practice<blockquote>...called for the injection of cedar oil into body cavities without [[Disembowelment|evisceration]]. The body was laid in natrum or [[natron]]—a fixed [[alkali]]—for the prescribed period, after which the cedarwood oil, which had dissolved the soft organs, was released; and the body, its flesh dissolved by the natron, was reduced to preserved skin and bones.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Habenstein |first1=Robert W. |title=The History of American Funeral Directing |last2=Lamers |first2=William M. |publisher=Burton & Mayer, Inc. |year=2007}}</ref></blockquote>