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  • All about Egypt By Eric Fegan
  • The purpose of mummification wasto keep the body intact so it could be transported to a spiritual afterlife.
  • the dead (called the “Judgment of Osiris,” named for Osiris, the god of the dead)was believed to focus upon the weighing of the heart of the deceased in a scale balanced by Maat(or her hieroglyph, the ostrich feather), as a test of conformity to proper values.
  • They were mummified by cutting out all the orgains exept the heart and mash them and put it down the mummies nose and then wraped them.
  • The Egyptians believed in the protective and regenerative powers of amulets and used them in both daily life and funerary rites, as theirpowers could defend the wearer from malevolent forces.
  • The ancient Egyptians' attitude towards death wasinfluenced by their belief in immortality. They regarded death as a temporary interruption, rather than the cessation of life. To ensure the continuity of life after death, people paid homage to the gods, both during and after their life on earth.