The Afterlife and Mummification The Egyptians relied on Osiris for their spot in the afterlife. And one of the key things for the afterlife was having a preserved body for their soul to return to. The way the Egyptians preserved dead bodies was through Mummification. Embalmers would remove all the mushy organs from the dead body, put them in canonic jars. That was followed by several more steps, and finally after a long process, the body was transferred to its tomb, or for the rich kings, their pyramids, where the body was to be placed for eternity.
