Egyptian gods, mummification, and the afterlife The Living
Dead
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Introduction To the Egyptians, religion and afterlife was a
very important part of heritage and culture. They were
polytheistic, meaning that they worshipped more than one God. Now,
let us begin our journey into the underworld
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Create a God! In this interactive section of the presentation,
you will create an Egyptian God based on preexisting entities. Or
click here to skip for now!
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Choose a Head!
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Anubis! The God of mummification and the afterlife. This god
supervises the weighing of the soul. The oldest know God in the Old
Kindom writings. Click on my head to continue!
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Ammit! The Devourer of Souls. This God at the souls of those
deemed unworthy of passing into the afterlife. He is part
alligator, part hippo, part cheetah, and part something else weird
like that. Click my head to continue!
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Ra! The King of Gods! It is said that during the day, he sails
the skies in a boat called Barque of Millions of Years. During the
nighttime he would die and go to the underworld, only to be born
again when the sun rose. Click my head to continue!
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Choose a Body-Anubis
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Choose a Body-Ammit
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Choose a Body-Ra
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Body of Isis! Isis is the Queen Goddess. She is a healer and
magician, and is often portrayed holding a baby Horas. Click
HERE!
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Body of Nut! The God of the Sky. His body is often shown arched
to represent the horizon. Click HERE!HERE
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Body of Bastet! Bastet was the son of Ra, the sun God, and the
cat Goddess. It was believed that she sometimes helped to defeat
Apep, the snake God, when he was attacking her father. Click
HERE!
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Body of Isis! Isis is the Queen Goddess. She is a healer and
magician, and is often portrayed holding a baby Horas. ClickClick
HERE!
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Body of Nut! The God of the Sky. His body is often shown arched
to represent the horizon. Click HERE!HERE
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Body of Bastet! Bastet was the son of Ra, the sun God, and the
cat Goddess. It was believed that she sometimes helped to defeat
Apep, the snake God, when he was attacking her father. Click
HERE!
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Body of Isis! Isis is the Queen Goddess. She is a healer and
magician, and is often portrayed holding a baby Horas. Click
HERE!
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Body of Nut! The God of the Sky. His body is often shown arched
to represent the horizon. Click HERE!HERE
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Body of Bastet! Bastet was the son of Ra, the sun God, and the
cat Goddess. It was believed that she sometimes helped to defeat
Apep, the snake God, when he was attacking her father. Click
HERE!HERE
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Info on Gods At first, the only Egyptian Gods were the forces
of nature. Instead of being revered by the people, they were
feared, as the Egyptians were completely at the mercy of the
elements. Gods were originally created for telling stories, and
over time they developed into serious religious figures. Egyptians
believed that once someone died, they would move on to the
afterlife
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The Afterlife The Egyptians believed that after a person died,
they would journey on to the underworld. When the deceased reached
the underworld, their soul was weighed against the feather of truth
in front of Anubis, the God of the dead. If the sins of their
lifetime weighed the soul down and made It heavy, then Ammit, the
Devourer of Souls, would eat the soul, and the person would have no
chance of moving on to the afterlife, what people thought was the
perfect existence in an ideal Egypt.
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Mummification While mummification is commonly associated with
Egypt, only the wealthy were able to be mummified. Poor Egyptians
were buried in the sand, while wealthy people went through the
expensive and lengthy process of having their bodies preserved and
being buried in tombs.
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Mummification Process For those who could afford it,
mummification took place as follows: 1) First, the body was washed
with embalming fluids 2) The organs were then removed and wrapped
in cloth (or placed in jars, depending on the time period) 3) The
skull was then smashed, and the brains were removed through the
nose 4) The body was dried with natron, and left out 5) After 40
days, the body was washed with water from the Nile and bathed in
oils 6) The body was stuffed with material to make it look
life-like
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Burial of The Pharaoh When the pharaoh died, he was buried in
the tomb that we all know as a pyramid. He was placed in a
decorative sarcophagus, and surrounded with any material belongings
that he might need for the afterlife. Many times the Pharaohs
favorite servant would perform a ritual suicide in order to be able
to serve his pharaoh in the world beyond. It was said that when a
pharaoh died, he would join Ra in his sky boat, as the pharaoh was
often revered as a God himself.
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Thank you for joining us! Thank you for coming along with us to
learn more about Egyptian culture. We hope that through our
presentation you have gained a vaster understanding of the
tradition and background behind mummification and Egyptian
religion!
