Sunday, September 18, 2016

"The Afterlife of a Pharaoh"

Question: "How is the afterlife of a pharaoh represented in this text?"

Answer:
Just off the top of my head, from a previous class I remember that the Egyptians celebrated death and the afterlife. Specifically, I remember that the pharaoh's prepared for their afterlife throughout the whole time they were "in office." However, the representation of the afterlife of a pharaoh in this context is that Egyptian thinking was very similar to Mesopotamia about: life, death, and the afterlife. Some of the first evidence came from pyramid texts, on the walls of a royal tomb as spells, incantations, or prayers to assist the pharaoh when entering eternal life amongst the gods. It was discovered in the tomb of the Egyptian king, Teti, representing some of the oldest religious writings in world history.

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