New Egypt, 8, The way to eternal life :: The way to eternal life
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For the Egyptians, death was a passage from life on earth to a new and better existence among the sacred Field of Reeds in the Realm of the Dead. However, the road there was not an easy one. In order to get past all the guards and through all the gates, one had to be well prepared.
Texts were inscribed on tomb walls, coffins and papyri in order to lead the deceased right. So as not to be forgotten, the name of the deceased was written everywhere, both inside and outside of the tomb. The body was deemed the abode of the soul also after death and thus, mummified to prevent it from decomposing.
However, the most important preparation was to live a righteous life before death. The life, all the thoughts and actions of every man and woman were assessed after death when their hearts were weighed before the Court of Osiris. There it was determined whether or not the owner of the heart was allowed to continue into eternal afterlife.
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