Obviously, the best service was going to be the most expensive, but if the family could afford it and yet chose not to purchase it, they ran the risk of a haunting. The grieving family was asked to choose which service they preferred, and their answer was extremely important not only for the deceased but for themselves.īurial practice & mortuary rituals in ancient Egypt were taken so seriously because of the belief that death was not the end of life. According to Herodotus: "The best and most expensive kind is said to represent, the next best is somewhat inferior and cheaper, while the third is cheapest of all" (Nardo, 110). When a person died, they were brought to the embalmers who offered three types of service. Once released from the body, these different aspects would be confused and would at first need to center themselves by some familiar form. The Khat needed to exist in order for the Ka and Ba to recognize itself and be able to function properly.
The Ab was the heart, the source of good and evil, holder of one's character.The Sechem was another aspect of the Akh.The Akh was the immortal, transformed self after death.The Ba was a human-headed bird aspect which could speed between earth and the heavens (specifically between the afterlife and one's body).The Ka one's double-form (astral self).The soul was thought to consist of nine separate parts: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin (Copyright) Parts of the Soul To this end, the body had to be carefully prepared in order to be recognizable to the soul upon its awakening in the tomb and also later. Death was not the end of life to the Egyptians but simply a transition from one state to another. For this reason, tombs were painted with stories and spells from The Book of the Dead, to remind the soul of what was happening and what to expect, as well as with inscriptions known as The Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts which would recount events from the dead person's life. Once freed from the body, the soul would need to orient itself by what was familiar. It was thought, however, that the body had to remain intact in order for the soul to continue its journey. The tomb was now considered a place of transformation in which the soul would leave the body to go on to the afterlife. Mastabas were seen not as a final resting place but as an eternal home for the body.
2613 BCE), the mastaba tomb had replaced the simple grave, and cemeteries became common. Graves evolved throughout the following eras until, by the time of the Early Dynastic Period in Egypt (c.
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