What are some afterlife facts of Ancient Egypt?

Their religion consisted of their polytheistic (believing in more than one god) beliefs and rituals. Death and afterlife were also very important events in ancient Egyptian civilization. Great efforts were made to ensure that the dead received a comfortable afterlife. read more

If your heart was lighter then you may pass to the afterlife where you must rejoin your ba (personality or what makes you you) and your Ka (life force) so that it becomes an akh - only then can you exist in the afterlife. read more

EGYPTIAN AFTERLIFE facts To an ancient Egyptian afterlife was a positive thing. Death itself was not the end – it was considered to be only a short interval between physical life and entering the afterlife, the Duat. read more

According to the Ancient Egyptians, the body was made up of several parts: the ba or soul, the ka or life force, and aj, the force of divine inspiration of life. To survive in the afterlife, the ka needed the corpse to remain intact, and that was only possible through technique of mummification. read more