The Egyptians believed when they died, their soul, or Ba, must follow the path of sun from west to east through the duat, the Egyptian underworld. There they are met by Osiris. Osiris then places their heart on a scale against a feather representing truth. If their heart weighs less then the feather they are allowed to continue passage through the duat. If their heart is heavier than the feather, it is fed to the devourer, Ammit.
(2)"Life is because of the gods; with their sacrifice they gave us life" Aztec people believed the Gods controlled every aspect of a person including their life from his or her birth to death. In other words they believed their Gods were the key to their survival. Since they believe, that only because of their Gods they exist in this world, they had to delight the Gods. Therefore the Aztecs conducted many ceremonies to gratify their Gods and they thought that if they please the Gods, in return they would receive good harvests, good weather, secure and easier life. They never out looked their God nor took them for granted.
One of them was believed to return to its place, where it belonged depending on the kind of death one had, as well as the person’s status in society, economically and socially. The other one would remained in the body, which was preserved by the Incas, intact and mummified. This beliefs with the souls led them to bury personal belongings with the dead. They also brought food and objects into the tomb of the mummified body, because they believed in a connection that they might have with the dead, and they thought the dead person would actually have utility of the objects brought to them. The Incan mourning color was black, which, coincidentally is also the mourning color of Christianity.
Mitchell Bortz 9-22-11 History 101 Hollenback Document Analysis #1 Question #1 In the time of the Aztec civilization, great strides were taken to keep everything in what I would call, “working order.” The Aztecs were very religious people who did whatever was needed to be done to please their main gods Quetzaquatal and Tezcatlipoca. Human sacrifice was the main form of pleasing the Gods and keeping the cosmos from being destruction. In my opinion, some of the things that were done to the people being sacrificed were very extreme. Some examples would be the rituals they performed. They included decapitation, burning of the body, strangulation, arrow sacrifices, etc.
Furthermore, Egyptians of all classes prepared for their afterlife. The preserved the corpse by using mummification, or embalming and drying the corpse to prevent it from decaying. After mummification closed, assistants would place scrolls containing hymns and prayers in the tomb, declaring the intention of the soul is worthy of eternal life. Furthermore, the pharaoh was believed to rule in the afterlife too. His Ka (eternal spirit) remained much as a living king with its needs and pleasures.
The Coffin of Pedi-Osiris, Pedi-Osiris was also known as the Lord of the Underworld, was made between the years of 305 BC-30 AD by various Egyptian artists using an Egyptian mummification process. The coffin, standing at more than 7 feet tall and large enough to contain the Priest, who enclosed in numerous layers of linen cloth, was made to resemble religious semiology and linear decorations using wood, polychrome, gold inlay and paint. Egyptian religion believed in resurrection after death and coffins were made to represent the life after death in order to ensure a successful rebirth. The artists used elaborate and detailed scenes using linear designs and hieroglyphs engravings on the sarcophagus to instruct and assist the Priest on his journey the through the underworld into the afterlife. The ancient Egyptian sarcophagi included illustrations depicting animals, religious proceedings and funerals that are painted on both sides of the coffin.
The ancient Egyptians were unique in many ways. The art was different from most of the other civilizations and so were many of their philosophies and ways of going about their daily lives. Death, burial and the after-life certainly were not an exception to this rule. The Egyptians had a very strong consciousness of the soul and where it might go after the person attached to it passes away. They had an understanding of gods or other spirits beyond this world and felt that the human spirit had a way to transcend this world and live among them.
He became the patron of Nekhen (Hierakonpolis) and the first national god (God of the Kingdom). Later, he also became the patron of the pharaohs, and was called the son of truth. signifying his role as an important upholder of Maat. He was seen as a great falcon with outstretched wings whose right eye was the sun and the left one was the moon. In this form, he was sometimes given the title Kemwer, meaning (the) great black (one).
The pyramid were mostly made for the kings and for other people who could afford a tomb would order one before hand and secure their place for their journey of afterlife. The false door was also one the necessity for the process or for the journey of afterlife. The false door was the threshold between the world of living and the world of dead i.e. this was the door where the relation of the family would come and offer their prayers just like a cemetery that people of today’s world use to offer their prayers to their beloved. Their strong belief on afterlife, didn’t scare them of death but embrace death as to them death meant to continue life even after they
In my opinion, I believe it is one of the best ways to deal with a deceased person. It gives the family of the loved one closure, peace, and sanity to the situation. In the ancient times in Egypt, mummification was the most common way to dispose of a corpse. This was done by removal of all organs, including the brain, then stuffing the body, and lastly, wrapping it in linens. Over time, people became wiser and thought of other ways to dispose a dead body.