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Afterlife was very important
for Egyptians.
A lot of their lifetime activities
were linked to afterlife!
AFTERLIFE
They believed in the land of two fields.
Osiris let the soul into the after world.
But the heart of the dead had to be
light enough to go on Ra’s board.
For a soul’s heart to be light, they had
to do good deeds in their life.
AFTERLIFE
AFTERLIFE(CONTINUED)
To ovoid trickery Ma ’at weighed the
heart.
They believed that the soul split into two. One half would enjoy afterlife and the other half would go and watch over their family.
Isis was the wife of Osiris. And
the mother of Horus. All
Pharaohs were considered to be a
living form of Horus.
She wore a headdress of throne,
horns of a cow and had a sun disc.
She helped people in need with
her magical powers.
ISIS
Ra had a hawk head and
wore the headdress of sun
disc on his head.
He was the most important
ancient Egyptian god.
Egyptian believed that Ra
was swallowed every night
by the sky Goddess Nut and
was reborn every morning.
RA