Have you ever wondered why the Egyptians mummified people. Why did the Egyptians do all that stuff the people 's bodies. Well, you 're in a real surprise if you have. This essay will tell you everything you wanted to know and may have never heard.
The Egyptians mummified people because they believed there was an afterlife. So, they put people in tombs and thought the gods would come down and catch the spirits and bring them to the afterlife. If they were not good enough to go to the afterlife they made each tomb different, so their souls could return to their bodies.
There souls could only return if the body was well preserved and if they could recognize the body. They took out all the organs because the body could not have any fluids in the body. The Egyptians thought there 6 important aspects of being human the
…show more content…
The Egyptian have these elements joined at birth. There ka ,or soul, had a barrier called a cartouche, or a magical rope that protected their soul. The ka was the person 's double because once they died they looked the same in the afterlife as they did on Earth. It was made on a potter 's wheel and when the god Khnum would spin it the spirit was made. It rested in the physical world and resided in the tomb. The ka would need the same thing in the tomb as it did in real life. Such as food, water, and worldly possessions. Some of their possessions are gold, silver, clothing, and staffs.
They also had a ba. The ba is whatever makes up a person 's personality. Each ba was an individual just like in today 's time. It enters the person 's body as soon as they take their first breath. Then, the ba would leave and go to the next person once the person that it was in was dead.
They also had an Akh. The Akh is the aspect of the person the would let them join the gods in the underworld. It was unbreakable and unchangeable. It was created after death by the use of funerary and spells, used to bring forth the Akh. Once this was achieved they Akh could not die a