Two weeks ago we mummified tomatoes. We had been learning about how Ancient Egyptians mummified the bodies of the Pharaohs. We decided to mummify tomatoes to see how it worked.

First we cut a hole in the tomato, then we scooped out all the seeds. We cleaned our tomatoes inside and out with an anti bacterial wipe to wipe away any bacteria that was on the tomato. We then filled the tomatoes with a mixture of salt and bicarbonate of soda (natron) and put the tomatoes in a tub and poured the rest of the mixture over it.  We kept two control tomatoes as well.

We left them for two weeks to see what would happen!

The tomatoes left in the mixture had shrivelled up and all the moisture had been taken out of them. The skin was no longer smooth, it was very wrinkly. There was no mould on any of our tomatoes but there was mould on the control one.

The tomatoes smelt horrible after being in the mixture!

We all enjoyed taking part in the experiment!