![]() ![]() The mummification process involved ritually washing the corpse and then removing any organs that might contribute to the rotting process. To this end early Egyptians would leave their dead in the desert to be preserved in the dry surroundings, but increasingly mummification became common and remained so for three millennia. ![]() Thus the body’s preservation was essential in order for a person both to reach the afterlife, and to be able to enjoy it. The soul, or ‘Ba’ could not survive without the body, and what’s more, had to be able to recognize its body to be able to return to it. After death, Ancient Egyptians believed that the ‘Ka,’ an entity closely associated with the physical body was able to eat, drink and smell, and essentially enjoy the afterlife. These monuments, inscriptions, and the opulent artifacts found around the bodies within them betray a complex belief in the afterlife. Inscription on one of the linen wrappings of the Egyptian mummy of Thothmes II, 1493-1479 B.C.Īncient Egypt, with its mummies and vast pyramids seems uniquely characterised by objects associated with death. ![]() Hail to thee, O my father Osiris, I have come and I have embalmed this my flesh so that my body may not decay. ![]()
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