Some theorize that embalming got its start when bodies were found preserved in natron (sodium carbonate), an alkali that is abundant in and around Egypt.
मिस्र और उसके आस - पास के इलाकों में क्षारीय नेट्रन (सोडियम कार्बोनेट), बहुत भारी मात्रा में पाया जाता है ।