Click image to enlarge. Wielding a tool much like a crochet hook, the ancient embalmers emptied the skull by pulling clumps of brain matter out through the nostrils.		Click image to enlarge. Delicate and skilled, they caused no damage to the visage of their dearly departed. Slicing the smallest possible incision into the abdomen, embalmers plucked out the stomach, liver, intestines, and other organs.		Click image to enlarge. Beautifully sculpted canopic jars stored the cured entrails for all eternity.