Death And Afterlife In Ancient Egyptian Beliefs – Death As Transition To Another Reality

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com  - Throughout history, the ancient Egyptians believed in life after death and that Osiris, the god of the afterlife, the underworld, and the dead, would judge you.

Preparing the dead bodies for eternal existence in joy and happiness was important.

Numerous tombs of various styles and dates containing carefully prepared bodies and a variety of funerary goods reveal an ancient Egyptian belief in the afterlife, which was not the end of life but only a transition to another reality.

For many Egyptians, eternal life consisted of traveling with the sun during the day and returning in the evening. To make this possible, embalming, mummification, building tombs, and performing other rituals were essential to helping the deceased experience eternal peace.

They also strongly believed in good and evil, so they needed to do well during their earthly stay. Good deeds included paying homage to the gods during and after their earthly lives.

The deeds were later evaluated, and the soul stood before the gods, who decided the fate of the dead.

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