Why Was Preparing For The Afterlife The Most Important Aspect Of Egyptian Society?
Through this report I will address the ideas and beliefs the Ancient Egyptians had towards the afterlife and how it affected the way the people went about their daily lives, in particular I will answer the question, “Was preparing for the afterlife the most important aspect of Egyptian society?” This will go into depth about how their lives were drastically affected by the Afterlife and the preparations they underwent and why.
The afterlife was considered a heavenly place that your body and soul travelled to you once you had died. The Ancient Egyptians called the afterlife the Land of Two Fields. The first people to undergo the rituals and preparations for the afterlife were only the Pharaohs, but the god Osiris changed this and made everyone welcome to the afterlife. Entry to the …show more content…
Preparations for the afterlife include, purchasing of small funerary items such as their coffin, which was the most important item they required. It was designed to protect the physical body in the underworld and the spiritual body in the afterlife, jewellery and furniture. There was 2 groups of items, one being items that would protect them on their journey through the underworld and the afterlife such as the Book of the Dead (or other funerary texts) from which they needed to memorise spells and formulas to help them on their journey and amulets, to give them magical powers and to protect and heal, and building their tombs. Once the souls had passed through the underworld they would be put to judgment in the Hall of Two Truths, with the god Anubis, whom was the god of the dead along with 42 other deities and judges. The heart is then weighed
The afterlife was considered a heavenly place that your body and soul travelled to you once you had died. The Ancient Egyptians called the afterlife the Land of Two Fields. The first people to undergo the rituals and preparations for the afterlife were only the Pharaohs, but the god Osiris changed this and made everyone welcome to the afterlife. Entry to the …show more content…
Preparations for the afterlife include, purchasing of small funerary items such as their coffin, which was the most important item they required. It was designed to protect the physical body in the underworld and the spiritual body in the afterlife, jewellery and furniture. There was 2 groups of items, one being items that would protect them on their journey through the underworld and the afterlife such as the Book of the Dead (or other funerary texts) from which they needed to memorise spells and formulas to help them on their journey and amulets, to give them magical powers and to protect and heal, and building their tombs. Once the souls had passed through the underworld they would be put to judgment in the Hall of Two Truths, with the god Anubis, whom was the god of the dead along with 42 other deities and judges. The heart is then weighed