Book of the Dead

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Book of the Dead

• Egypt had a unique belief system about the soul
  and the afterlife. Humans were two-parted
• Ba the Body
• Ka the Soul
• The Book of the Dead were a series of almost 200
  texts, songs, and pictures written on papyrus,
  individually customized for and buried with the
  deceased in order to ease their passage into the
  underworld.

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The Book of the Dead

• The intestines, lungs, liver, and the stomach
  were preserved separately and stored in Canopic
  Jars which were protected by the four sons of
  Horus.

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The Judgement of the dead in the presence of
Osiris
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The Final Judgment

• The deceased in led into the hall of judgment by
  Anubis (God of Mummification) and the deceaseds
  heart (the record of the owners mortality), is
  weighed against a single feather.
• This feather represents Maat
• Maat is the principal of truth and order, it
  means what is right

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• If the heart and the feather balance, the
  judgment is favorable and the deceased is taken
  to Osiris (God of the Afterlife)
• If the scale becomes unbalanced then the judgment
  is unfavorable. The heart is destroyed by the
  demon Ammit, leaving the owner with no afterlife.

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Papyrus from Book of the Dead of Ani

• Judgment of the Dead in the presence of Osiris

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Book of the Dead of Ani Spell 110
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Ani Tutu

• Book of the Dead of Ani Chapter 17

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Hunefer
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Hunefer Detail
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Book of the Dead HuneferJudgment of Dead in
presence of Osiris
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Spell 110 Papyrus Book of the Dead of Nakht
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Book of the Dead of Nakht worshipping Osiris

• Nakht Tjuiu