Different religions have widely different beliefs about the afterlife, or whether or not there is even any such thing, but the bottom line is that no one knows for sure.
because they felt offendedWhat was the only hope of spirits in the afterlife?
Belief in the afterlife, but it's not that uncommon.
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so that in the afterlife, the spirits would be recognizable
So the spirits could go to the afterlife
the servants so he could have people to attend to him in the afterlife as well as a cat to serve as protector against evil spirits in the pass to the otherworld.
They believed that once you die, you go on living in another world. Since they thought this they were buried with all kinds of goods that would be useful to them in the afterlife.
The bible tells us the Jesus created everything. Human spirits originated from God (Jesus) and they return to God on the death of the physical body.
The spirits of the dead travelled to a dismal Underworld where they were thirsty and ate Living relatives were responsible to make offerings to provide for them.
Ancient Egyptians worshipped their gods so that when they died they would live in the afterlife. They also worshipped their gods so that they were protected from everyday "evil" spirits.
Pyramids were build for the purpose of protecting the pharaoh it was built for, and all of his belongings that will be spiritually passed down with him to the afterlife. Step pyramids symbolized a walkway to heaven that spirits used to gain access to the afterlife.
Hades is not hell, it means the afterlife. It is said to be the realm of conscious departed spirits and never referred to as the grave.