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Why did the Ancient Egyptians create mummies?
The ancient Egyptians believed in mummies because they had a strong belief in the afterlife. Once they had the dead bodies they would wrap them. Then Egyptians believed that gods would weigh their life against a feather and if had a good life they would make it into the afterlife. The afterlife was said to be another world for dead people. So the Egyptians believed that mummies would live in the afterlife.
What did the Ancient Egyptians believe the Afterlife was like?
The ancient Egyptians believed in the afterlife. They felt you had to do good deeds while living so that the gods could weigh your heart. Good people had light hearts. Maat would weigh your heart in the underworld. You also had to have a preserved body and your name had to be written down. Once you were judged by Maat, Osiris would let you in to the Land of Two Fields. Here you would have eternal happiness.
Why is mummification important to the Egyptian?
Mummification was important to the Ancient Egyptians because once the mummies were finished with their 3,000 years of the afterlife, the soul can find the body and come back to it.
Who worshipped osiris?
I guess you could call mummification a worship of some sort (i did a report on this subject once, if you have any more questions in that manner), and i'm sure the Egyptians prayed, and had murals made of him. He is the god of the afterlife, so maybe you could come up with some more things. :)
How did the ancient Egyptians mummify bodies?
the answer is that egyptians learnt about medicine by the mummification process, when they mummified, they looked through the body, so they were able to figure out what medicine would fix what sickness
Why were the pharaohs organs removed?
The Ancient Egyptians removed all the organs from the body because they thought that it "weighed" the body down from coming into the 'afterlife'. Instead the ancient would put each organ (exept the heart) into a special mini coffin & put the organs inside the mummies coffin.I hope this helped?!
Did the Egyptians and Greeks believe in the afterlife?
they believed that the body would come back alive after dying in a new world
What is polytheism and how did it affect the Ancient Egyptians?
This got them united and they were able to admire many different gods at once.
What did Ancient Egyptians believe about the after life?
They believed that once you died, your heart was weighed against the feather of truth by the god Anubis to determine if you could go into the afterlife. If it wasn't balanced, your heart would be eaten by Ammit, Devourer of the Dead, and the deased would go no further. They also believed that having Great Pyramids made you immortal once you died.
Did Egyptians believe in a afterlife?
They believed that once you died you would have to travel to a wonderful beatiful place,but you had to go through a series of several tests put by and given by their gods.
What did the Egyptians believe happened to people once they died?
They believed they went to the Afterlife, a place, which they believed, was where they went to live after they died. That is why they had the pyramids, so they would be represented as a Pharaoh in that life.
How did the ancient Egyptian mummify?
The ancient Egyptians used many stages to mummify bodies once the person had died they would cover them in a substance that would dry there skin out.
