Ancient Egyptian Life In The Afterlife

We don’t dare to think about death and living an eternity life. However through most of Ancient Egyptians lives they prepared for their death. After Egyptians died they believed that life was used as a passage to a better life in the Afterlife. But there were many task needed to achieve a perennial life such as the Hall of Judgement and you were only given one chance. If you failed to achieve immortality you were sent to the Lake of Fire. However even though it was a difficult task many Egyptians were able to make it to their their destination the Land of Two Fields. Egyptians believed in many gods and goddesses called a monotheism. They had many tales to how the world began. Such as one legend states “ that it started with an ocean …show more content…
In the Underworld he is known as the “Lord of Love”. He was known as the “Lord of Love” because he let vegetation grow in the Nile River. Well at least that’s what Egyptians believed. Everytime a pharaoh died the last pharaoh that had died would become Osiris. At first only Pharaohs could enter the Land Of Two Fields, but when Osiris becomes the ruler of the underworld he changes that. Then the Land of Two Fields was were Egyptians souls went after they died if they passed The Hall of Judgement, and you had earn a place in Ra’s boat. It is said that their destination was a replica of the Earth. Each person that was given immortality had a plot of land to look after and served the previous dead Pharaoh …show more content…
The soul Ka accompanied the body throughout your life. After you had died the Ka removed itself from the body and goes to the Lake of Two Fields. They believed that the soul Ba would look over their family. While the soul Ka stayed in the Land of Two Fields during the day to enjoy the Afterlife. However the combination of the souls Ba and Ka was the Akh. The Akh will only be formed if the proper rituals are performed by the scribe. So, instead of only the Ka removing itself from the body both the Ba and Ka separated from the body coming together to form the Akh. At night the Ba and Ka returned to the tomb until the next day where they started all over same progress again. The tomb must have your name on it somewhere if not your soul could get lost. So if your soul isn’t able to make it to your tomb your soul could disappear forever and you wouldn’t be able to look over your family or enjoy the Afterlife. However others that don’t make it on to Ra’s boat would go to the Lake of Fire. The Lake of Fire is what we would call “ hell”. It was shaped as a rectangle filled with a red fiery substance that could have been lava. When an Egyptian wasn’t able to make it to the Land of Two Lakes it would walk upside down, its feces was eaten, and its urine was drank. Sometimes their limbs are tied behind their backs and their head and limbs were separated. There were many