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On Thursday, we discussed the importance of the Egyptian afterlife. The afterlife is what the Egyptians thought came after death. They believed that heavenly boats took the spirits of the dead to a place where they could socialize with their friends and family who have previously died as well as eat and drink.
In order to keep the spirits happy, it was important that they spirit was able to return to the 'real world' to enjoy all of the things they loved during their life. For that reason, Egyptians (who had the funds to do so) mummified their bodies after death. The mummification process preserved their bodies so that the spirits could find it when they wanted.
Lost spirits, or spirits of people who did not live a good life, would be banished to the desert to roam in mystery.
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When the Egyptians were in the process of mummifying the body, and maybe some body part might have broken/fallen off, would that maybe have given the Egyptians a sign that something might happen or a sign about that particular person? If it didn't, what did the Egyptians do if that did happen? Would they leave the body part go or would they put it back on somehow?
MacK - I am not sure that it would have been seen as a sign of any kind; BUT, I can tell you they would not have discarded the body part. If it could not be easily reattached, I would assume that they would include it with the body in the sarcophagus. I will do some research to give you a better answer. As always, thanks for the great questions!
Did egyptians have a special funeral for the one that died? If so, did they make the funeral "better" by order of importance or wealth? For example, would king Tut's funeral be more fancier since he was of higher importance?
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