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We know that the Afterlife was important to ancient Egyptians because they spent so much time and money building pyramids and preserving bodies. They left behind copies of their Book of the Dead.

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A very quick and easy answer is by the way the afterlife was depicted in their art and culture. A subject that was so public and glorified had to be important.

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How do we know if the afterlife was important to the ancient Egyptians?

It were important and they had knowledge it. That was why they made preparations for it.


How do you know that afterlife was important to ancient egyptians?

The tombs of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs and nobility are filled with items that would be needed in the Egyptian afterlife. Also the uncovered writings of the ancient Egyptians speak about the afterlife.


How do we know that the afterlife was important to the ancient Egyptians?

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How do we know that the afterlife was important to the egyptians?

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