the egypian's soul with the body of a bird and the head of a human with the face of the dead person's face and head.
Ba wasn't a god, but rather the Egyptian ideal of what a soul was.
In Egyptian 'Ba' translates directly into Life Force. The best English translation would be soul.
Louis V. Z abkar has written: 'A study of the ba concept in ancient Egyptian texts' -- subject(s): Ba (Egyptian religion), Egyptian Eschatology, Eschatology, Egyptian
Because, ba is a word. In Egyptian methology, the eternal soul.
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In the world of academia, it is an abbreviation for bachelor of arts degree.
The Egyptian word that refers to the indestructible vital principle of each person is "ba." In ancient Egyptian belief, the ba represented the personality and individuality of a person, allowing them to exist after death. It was often depicted as a bird with a human head, symbolizing the soul's ability to move freely between the physical and spiritual realms. The concept of ba was an essential part of their understanding of life, death, and the afterlife.
go to this website http://library.thinkquest.org/J002037F/ba_and_ka.htm "Every Egyptian was thought to have a ba and a ka. The ba was sort of how they acted or in other words their personality. The ka was the life force of all living humans."
Ba was a musician and Ka was a sculpture
As it originates from a dead language, nobody can be 100% sure on the pronunciation. Many scholars pronounce it as it is spelled (baa-stet).
In hieroglyphs: 𓅓𓏏𓀐 or 𓅓𓏏𓅱 (Gardiner's code: G17-X1-A14 or G17-X1-G43, respectively) Transliterated as: mt or mwt (consonants only) Meaning and Translation: (intransitive verb) to die (noun) death Pronunciation with reconstructed vowels in several stages of Ancient Egyptian (using IPA): /ˈmaːwat/ - Old Egyptian (c. 2500 B.C.E.) /ˈmaːwaʔ/ - Middle Egyptian (c. 1700 B.C.E.) /ˈmoːw/ - Late Egyptian (c. 800 B.C.E.) ⲙⲟⲩ (mou) - Coptic (Akhmimic, Bohairic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic, Sahidic) (c. 325 B.C.E.)
a Ba would be a soul like thing, usually traveling in dreams to what the Egyptians would believe to be the future, or something important happening in the present. that wold be Sydney Brown. I read that in the red pyramid, by Rick Riordan. for more info, read that book.