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They are about religion. Some people thought there was an afterlife and they could preserves a dead persons body for that afterlife.
It suggests that the afterlife was part of their religion. They thought that that afterlife was what chose their place with the gods.
they thought that it would protect the mummies in the afterlife.
belongings thought to be of use in their afterlife
They needed their physical body in the "afterlife".
because they were thought to need it in the afterlife
The idea of the afterlife appealed to the ancient Egyptians because they thought that one day the people they put in the pyramids would rise for the dead and would go into the afterlife.
Egyptians thought pharaohs needed their bodies in the afterlife.
they have jewelry and gold in it because they thought they need more things for afterlife
When Egypatians spoke about after life they meant the life they thought people had after death .
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.
Virtually all civilizations, ancient and modern believe in some kind of afterlife. Humans have a natural aversion at the thought of their own demise.