Mummification In Mummy

“Told you to leave or die, you refused. And now you would have killed us all, you unleashed the the creature we feared from more than three thousand years.” -Ardeth Bay. This quote is from the movie The Mummy. Although this movie portrays mummies as creatures and evil beings, they can’t be more opposite. A mummy was seen as a beacon of light in ancient times and seen as a connection between life on earth and life after death. Egypt was seen as the greatest Empire in ancient times. Egypt started off with the Old Kingdom in 5000 BC and lasted until 332 BC. Egyptian life revolved around the Nile, because the Nile was the source of life for all living things in Egypt. The Egyptian Empire was built in a desert with conditions that weren't supposed
The tombs were one of the most important aspects of the process of mummification because of their spiritual importance. The three parts of the spirit are the Akh, the Ba, and the Ka. The Ba was the energy that left the body when it was sleeping and this energy has to recognize the body to return. If the Ba doesn't return then the person doesn’t wake up. This was the reason why the mummy must look so much like the living person the body once looked like. If the body’s mummy doesn’t look like the body, then the spirit drifts off and the person can never reach the afterlife. The Ka was the life source or the soul inside the person that lives inside the person’s tomb once the person die. This was the energy that connects the person’s body on Earth and the person’s body or energy in the underworld. If the person’s Ka doesn't get offerings from the person’s family such as food and other things then the person’s soul isn’t connected with Earth and is sent to the “Plains of Suffering” to roam there for all eternity. The Akh was the energy that leaves the person’s body and goes to the underworld. This was the part of the spirit of the body that has to face many creatures, tests, and challenges in order to face the god Osiris for a place in the underworld. In order for any of these “spirits” to do their job rightfully and guide the whole soul through the underworld, these
This journey was so important because this was journey the Egyptians have been preparing for for their whole life by studying the Book of The Dead. Each lesson in the Book of The Dead, corresponds with a solution to the challenge the soul has to endure. If the person does not prepare for the challenges then the person’s soul is stuck in the Plains of Suffering forever. This was why Egyptians have to prepare so extensively during their living life, if they don’t then they suffer for all eternity. The journey begins when the Akh leaves the body and travels to the underworld. When in the underworld the soul was on a boat just the god Amen-Ra was on when he travels throughout the underworld. From there the soul travel along the Nile to the first challenge...the Guardians. “The Guardians are the guards into the underworld”. The lesson, in the Book of The Dead, that was on getting passed the Guardians says to “say the ‘secret name’ the guards only should know”. The “secret name” was the name that every immortal has that was their weakness and can ,if used against them, control them. The Egyptians also study all the major gods’ secret names so if they ever encounter them they can stay safe. After passing through the gates into the underworld, the souls then face challenges involving sphinxes, minor demigods (half gods), and much more. Once the soul has faced all