Burial rituals
Burial rituals
After the mummy was prepared, it would need to be re-animated, symbolically, by a priest. The Opening of the Mouth Ceremony was conducted by a priest who would utter a spell and touch the mummy or sarcophagus with a ceremonial adze – a copper or stone blade. This ceremony ensured that the mummy could breathe and speak in the afterlife. In a similar fashion, the priest could utter spells to reanimate the mummy's arms, legs, and other body parts.
The priests, maybe even the king's successor, move the body through the causeway to the Mortuary Temple. This is where prayers were recited, incense was burned, and more rituals were performed to help prepare the king for his final journey. The king's mummy was then placed inside the pyramid along with enormous amount of food, drink, furniture, clothes, and jewelry which were to be used in the afterlife. The pyramid was sealed so that no one would ever enter it again. However the king’s soul could move through the burial chamber as it wished. After the funeral the king becomes a God and could be worshipped in the temples beside his pyramid
The Book of the Dead was a collection of spells designed
to guide the deceased in the afterlife.
to guide the deceased in the afterlife.
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