Why was the pharaohs mummified?

Answer 1

Ancient Egyptians mummified corpses to preserve the human remains. They believed that in the afterlife if their earthly remains were preserved for eternity, then their spirit would live on in the afterlife. They were buried with all their belongings because they believed they would need them in the afterlife.

Answer 2

The Pharaohs were mummified because they believed that this would help them to have a better afterlife. Even after death, some connection was thought to remain between the body and the spirit, or the ka, as it was called in the Egyptian religion.

Answer 3

Pharoahs were mummified after they died because the ancient Egyptians thought that the pharoahs would live forever in the afterlife.

Answer 4

to preserve the body, so the ba (1 spirit) could return to the ka. the ka was the mummified body.

Answer 5

So that there family or whoever was getting mummified could go to the afterlife in peace and also so that they dont lose their soul on the way there.

Answer 6

Because they thought they would need their bodies for their spiritual journey through the afterlife.