March 28, 2023: EGYPT -AFTERLIFE

immortality: the belief that there was an afterlife, especially for pharaohs

duat: underworld, where the dead must pass trials to be deemed worthy of the afterlife

kemet, the black lands: fertile lands where the annual flood brought rich silts from the nile

"black" represented life and resurrection

deshret, the red lands: deserts

steps of mummification

1.insert a hook near the nose and pull out part of the brain

  1. make a cut on left side of the body near the tummy
  1. remove all internal organs and let them dry
  1. place heart back in body
  1. rinse inside of body with spices and wine
  1. cover body with salt for 70 days
  1. after 40 days, stuff body with linen or sand to give shape
  1. after 70 days, wrap body with bandages
  1. place in "coffin" (sarcophagus)

place all organs besides the heart into canopic jars

afterlife

divine

embalming

duat

anubis and osiris