The Egyptiens believed that to keep your soul to your body once you die, you have to go through a special mummification and burial process. to preserve the body, they rub the body in a special oil, took out the brain, kidney, liver and intestine, put them in four special jars that signifies the sons of Horus, and leave the heart, which will be needed in the afterlife. Then they wrap the body with tissues for better preservation. The poor are usually buried like that in a small coffin with amulets and trinkets, but the rich get many layers of coffins, each made of gold, and gems, and wear amulets and jewleryfrom many things. In the old kingdom, the pharaohs were buried in pyramids, and in the new kingdom, in tunnels in the Valley of the Kings. Both types had supplies and entertainment sources for the afterlife, basically, all the things the pharaoh needed in in real life, all made of gold and other treasures, and the book of the dead, a book which will help the pharaoh in the underworld. He thens goes through an "Opening of the mouth" ceremony to let the soul go free.
After the burial, it is thought that the spirit reawakens, and travels into the Underworld, and must face harsh tests to determine if he is worthy to live in the afterlife, or die again. In the final judgement room(below), Anubis weigh the pharaoh heart on a scale with the Feather of Truth, to determine if the pharaoh was a truthful person. If he passes, he is allowed to meet Osiris and live happily forever in the Afterlife. If he fails, Anubis tosses his heart to the monster Ammut, a beast with a crocodile head, and hippo's leg, and the pharaoh dies again. Toth notes the results.
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