EGYPTIAN AFTERLIFE

Ancient Egyptians believed in the afterlife.

Death was the stage to the next life which was believed to be lived in a land to the West and was often called the Kingdom of the West.

Elaborate sets of buriel rituals were followed.

There was also a detailed account of the reception to be expected at the final destination.

The dead person would need a ferryman to row them across the River of Death.

The dead person had to cross the trials of the serpent gaurded Twelve Gates and also cross the Lake of Fire.

When these were passed, 42 Assessors read a list of the dead person`s sins.

The dead person then made a declaration of purity and sinlessness.

Judgement then followed in the Hall of Osiris.

If one led a sinful life then destruction would follow.