Death, Burial and the Afterlife
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Death, Burial and the Afterlife
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Death, Burial and the Afterlife
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Tutankhamun
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Death, Burial and the Afterlife
Death, Burial and the Afterlife
The Tutankhamun London exhibition
includes information, housed in galleries, based on various themes
including Death, Burial and the Afterlife. Comprehensive facts and information on Death, Burial and the Afterlife can be
accessed by our sitemap. But this page details fast facts and info that
we hope will 'wet your appetite' for Ancient Egyptian History and the
Tutankhamun London Exhibition including Death, Burial and the Afterlife.
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Fact 1 |
The Death Rituals practised by the
Ancient Egyptians included embalming and mummification |
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Fact 2 |
Mummification was the process of
preserving and embalming a dead body in the belief that the
body would be necessary in the Ancient Egyptian afterlife |
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Fact 3 |
During
mummification incisions were made into the body and
the stomach, liver, lungs and intestines were
removed. The organs were stored in special alabaster
containers called canopic jars |
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Fact 4 |
Mummies were created by covering
the body with layers with linen shrouds coated with resin.
Linen bandages were used to bind the extremities
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Fact 5 |
Removal of the brain - a
hook was inserted into the nostrils and through the
nose which punctured the brain. The corpse was
turned on its side and the brain fluid drained out
of the corpse |
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Fact 6 |
70 days following the death
of a person an elaborate funeral procession headed
towards the tomb of the deceased. The jackal masked
impersonator of the god Anubis was a key figure in
these death rituals |
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Fact 7 |
Opening of the Mouth
Ceremony was one of the most important Death Rituals
of the Ancient Egyptians. The believed that this
ceremony revived the mummified senses of the
deceased so that he could eat, drink and speak in
the next world. |
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Fact 8 |
Death rituals often ended with a
feast and a celebration as the deceased had started their
journey into the glorious afterlife |
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Fact 9 |
The Underworld was a land of great
dangers through which every Egyptian would need to pass
through after death |
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Fact 10 |
The Ancient Egyptians believed that
each person was thought to have three souls - the Ka, the Ba and the Akh |
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Fact 11 |
A 'guidebook', such as the Book of
the Dead, contained spells and instructions to ensure safe
passage through the dangers of the Underworld |
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Fact 12 |
The Book of the Dead contained
nearly 200 different spells which were designed to help with
the tests and trials that would be met in the Underworld. |
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Fact 13 |
The journey through the Underworld
culminated in the day of judgement in the Hall of the Two
Truths where
the deceased was led to a great set of
scales where his heart, containing the deeds of their
lifetime, was weighed against the feather of truth. The fate
of the deceased would then be decided - either entrance into
the perfect afterlife or to be sent to the Devourer of the
Dead... |
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Fact 14 |
The fate of the deceased would then
be decided - either entrance into the perfect afterlife or
to be sent to the Devourer of the Dead |
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Fact 15 |
The Afterlife was referred to as
the Field of Rushes or Field of Offerings |
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Fact 16 |
The Pharaoh would join the realms
of the gods and all others would enter Everlasting Paradise
in the Afterlife. |
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Fact 17 |
In the Afterlife the life of the
deceased was mirrored but there were no problems there was
only happiness. The afterlife was seen as a perfect
existence in an ideal version of Egypt |
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Death, Burial and the Afterlife
The Tutankhamun London exhibition
includes information, housed in galleries, based on various themes
including Death, Burial and the Afterlife. Comprehensive facts and information on Death, Burial and the Afterlife can be
accessed by our sitemap. But this page details fast facts and info that
we hope will 'wet your appetite' for Ancient Egyptian History and the
Tutankhamun London Exhibition including Death, Burial and the Afterlife.
Death, Burial and the Afterlife
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