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Inga Eičaitė  |  http://www.behance.net/Zoori_i

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Andrew B. Myers  |  http://www.andrewbmyers.com

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Egyptian Afterlife (part 2 of mummy series)

• Egyptians believed that the afterlife was a perfect version of the Egypt they were currently in. 
• However, to get to the afterlife, you had to pass through the Underworld, which was full of tests and trails. Eventually your heart would be weighed against a feather. If your heart weighed more, you would not be allowed into the afterlife
• It was believed you could not enter the afterlife without your physical body. Therefore, burying someone improperly would result in eternal suffering for them
• Famously, there was a Book of the Dead explaining all the spells needed to help a person get to the afterlife. There were over 200 spells in the book.
• Egyptians believed that the soul was perishable, and time was of the essence in spells, burials, and other death rituals if the person was to go to the after life.
• In order to ensure you would have what you needed in the afterlife, you were buried with your possessions. Things that could not fit into your tomb were drawn or created in miniature and then said spells over, so you could bring them.
• The god of death, Anubis, lead you through the Underworld and weighed your heart against a feather on scales meant to represent Maat, the goddess justice.

(Source: mother-fucking-science)