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  2. Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs were centered around a variety of complex rituals that were influenced by many aspects of Egyptian culture. Religion was a major contributor, since it was an important social practice that bound all Egyptians together.

  3. Ancient Egyptian retainer sacrifices - Wikipedia

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    One belief that was at the center of Egyptian beliefs about life after death was the belief in the ka. The ka was believed by the Egyptians to be one's life source, essence, and soul, which would live on in the afterlife. Egyptians also believed that the ka had to have a body to return to, and because of this belief, they would mummify their dead.

  4. Book of Gates - Wikipedia

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    Ra instructs these gods to attack the serpent so it is not able to travel through the gateway. In the next sequence of the scene Horus is depicted presiding over the men the four ethnicities of man: Egyptian, Asiatics, Nubian, Libyans (sixteen in total). These groups represent how all are welcoming in the afterlife.

  5. Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian belief in an afterlife led to the development of ingenious techniques that have preserved much of their culture to this day. At Saqqara the Pharaoh Zoza built upon the traditional stone monument to create Egypt's first step pyramid as part of a stone complex designed to last forever.

  6. Ammit - Wikipedia

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    Ammit (/ ˈ æ m ɪ t /; Ancient Egyptian: ꜥm-mwt, "Devourer of the Dead"; also rendered Ammut or Ahemait) was an ancient Egyptian goddess [2] [clarification needed] with the forequarters of a lion, the hindquarters of a hippopotamus, and the head of a crocodile—the three largest "man-eating" animals known to ancient Egyptians.

  7. Ancient Egyptian funerary practices - Wikipedia

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    Journey through the Afterlife. Elsevier. p. 20. "Mummies: Death and the afterlife in ancient Egypt". Bowers Museum. The History Place. British Museum. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2019-02-13. Hornung, Erik (1999). The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife. Translated by Lorton, David. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN ...

  8. Medjed - Wikipedia

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    In Ancient Egyptian religion, Medjed (Egyptological: mḏd) is a minor deity [a] mentioned in certain copies of the Book of the Dead. While not much is known about the deity, his ghost-like depiction in the Greenfield papyrus has earned him popularity in modern Japanese culture, and he has appeared as a character in video games and anime.

  9. Afterlife - Wikipedia

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    The afterlife played an important role in Ancient Egyptian religion, and its belief system is one of the earliest known in recorded history. When the body died, parts of its soul known as ka (body double) and the ba (personality) would go to the Kingdom of the Dead.