Book_of_the_Dead

Book of the Dead Book of the Dead The Egyptian Book of the Dead is a collection of magic spells and formulas that was illustrated and written, usually on papyrus. It began to appear in Egyptian tombs around 1600 BC. The text was intended to be spoken by the deceased during their journey into the Underworld. It enabled the deceased to overcome obstacles in the afterlife. It did this by teaching passwords that allowed the deceased to turn into mythical creatures to navigate around hazards, while granting the help and protection of the gods, and proclaiming the deceased's identity with the gods. (http://members.aol.com/egyptart/book.html). The Egyptians believed that the human soul used the first night after death to travel into the afterlife. However, the body, which the Egyptians believed was an essential element to the afterlife had to be mummified. And this process took 72 days to perform properly. This also gave them time to put finishing touches on the tomb and to pack all the deceased's worldly possessions, which they would surely need in the afterlife. (http://members.aol.com/egyptart/ani.html) The Hall of Maat is where the judgement of the dead was performed. This was done by afterlife, god, man, gods, dead, body, made, truth, egyptians, underworld, osiris, great, egyptian, deceased, book, done, because, people, life, justice, ancient, after, bell, time, three, religion, lord, egypt, believed, anubis, writings, while, values, thou, sun, pure, procedures, priests, petty, person, part, one, need, name, mummification, know, human, hammurabi's, first