Royal mummies: the journey of the kings of ancient Egypt from death to “immortality”

The ancient Egyptians cared about death since the dawn of history, and envisioned it as a stage of life, and everything and the goal of every thought was for the deceased to reach a new life that guarantees him immortality in peace, starting with building his tomb or the house of eternity and the inscriptions of its walls, and embalming him to ensure the preservation of his body and features, and the establishment of special funeral rites And reading texts and prayers, leading to resurrection and eternity.

The pre-dynastic era is known in the history of ancient Egypt primarily through its cemeteries. During the first half of the fourth millennium BC, funerary customs were influenced by two styles belonging to two forms of early civilization: the Naqada civilization in the south, and the Bhutto civilization. in the north.

The civilization of the North did not care much about putting funerary belongings with the deceased in that ancient era, while the status of funerary belongings flourished in the civilization of the South, as bowls and utensils were placed to accompany the deceased on the journey of eternity, and their purpose was to put in them some foods that the deceased would need in his eternity And it indicates the belief of the Egyptian since those ancient times in the existence of another world in which he lives and is provided with needs that are the same as his needs in this world.

The Egyptians called the other world “Dat or Dawat”, which means “the world of the afterlife or the underworld”, and they called eternity the word “Jet”, and archaeological excavations of pre-dynastic times reveal things indicating interest in highlighting the status of the deceased, such as combs and spoons made of ivory or Bones, necklaces.