Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word on each space. There is an example at the beginning
(0) Many cultures, (0) _such__ as the Incas, the Australian Aborigines and the ancient Egyptians practised the custom of mummifying their dead. Mummification dates as far back (39)______ 3000 BC, and it was the ancient Egyptians who carried (40)______ the process most often and most thoroughly. There were various ways of mummifying a body. The best method was also the (41)_____ time-consuming and took about seventy days. (42)_______ method involved opening up the body and removing the internal organs, (43)______ were placed in jars. Spices and resin were then placed in the body. Such a burial was very expensive and only (44)________ rich could afford it. A cheaper way was to soak the (45)________ body in chemicals for four to five weeks. However, (46)____ methods required the body to be wrapped in many layers of bandages. As (47)_____ as the body was wrapped up, it was placed in a coffin which was in the shape of a mummy, and then in a second coffin made of wood, stone or even gold. As the process was considered holy, the knowledge (48)_____ how to mummify a body was reserved for only a (49)_____ people and (50)____ step was accompanied by prayers.