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Pyramids and The Afterlife

Pyramids and The Afterlife. An Attempt To Reach Heaven The Pyramids The Hall Of Judgment. An Attempt To Reach Heaven. Early pyramids were “step pyramids” Pyramids were attempt to join earth and heaven Built of cut stone unlike brick like ziggurats

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Pyramids and The Afterlife

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  1. Pyramids and The Afterlife An Attempt To Reach Heaven The Pyramids The Hall Of Judgment

  2. An Attempt To Reach Heaven • Early pyramids were “step pyramids” • Pyramids were attempt to join earth and heaven • Built of cut stone unlike brick like ziggurats • Old Kingdom made them symbols of power and order he brought to Egypt

  3. The Pyramids • Tombs served as house for the departed pharaohs • Favorite foods, clothes, jewelry, animals associated with gods and items buried with them • Egyptians were the first people to have a positive belief of the afterlife • Also first to introduce mummification process

  4. The Hall Of Judgment • Only pharaoh’s and nobles could afford embalming process • Embalmers removed brain and internal organs • Body parts then placed in salty preserving solution in four vessels • Body was then stuffed with resin soaked linen

  5. The Hall Of Judgment

  6. The Hall Of Judgment • Body was then wrapped with resin linen • Body was then placed in sarcophagus and internal organ vessels placed in box • A guide book called the “Book Of The Dead” provided the dead with assistance on the journey to the afterlife • Book consisted of spells to overcome adversaries

  7. The Hall Of Judgment • Anubis, the god of mummification led dead to be judged • Heart was weighed by Anubis, light heart saw afterlife while a heavy heart was eaten by Annit (eater of hearts) • The dead were then welcomed to the afterlife by Osiris

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