Death+and+the+Afterlife


 * Physical Forms (Module 4)

[] This website details the concept of life and death in Egyptian society. Death was extremely important to in Egyptian society. It was part of the natural cycle of life. This website does a good job of explaining the various forms a human takes throughout their existence. First their was the "khet". This was a persons physical form, or their appearance. After passing away the corpse was known as a "khat". A "khat" refers to a body before mummification. After mummification the corpse is known as "sah".

****Anubis (Module 5)**

Anubis was known as the god of death. He had many roles in Egyptian belief. One such role was that he lead the deceased along to the "Underworld of Paradise". He would also perform mummifications as the picture on the left shows. The bird with the head of a man is supposed to represent the soul or essence of the ** deceased. It is known as the "ba". The "ba" is similar to our concept of a persons personality.

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The first image is from the website above. The website can be credited to Donald A. Mackenzie.

