Panorama of funerary religion in ancient Egypt
The double post mortem of ancient Egyptians
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https://doi.org/10.21901/2448-3060/self-2021.vol06.0003Keywords:
History, Civilization, Religius Practices, Death RitesAbstract
Among the civilizations of antiquity, the Egyptian is one of those that offers the most testimonies and draws attention for its archeological and textual traces of a funerary character. Considering the material sources alone, their funerary cult can be observed in their monumental stone constructions, excavated tombs, funerary complexes or even objects of various shapes and purposes such as sarcophagi, coffins, canopic jars or funerary figurines. Besides the documents already mentioned, there are numerous written sources about the Egyptian funerary cult describing both, the cosmogony and the crafting of amulets, spells and guides for life after death. Considering the extent of the Egyptian religion, this article aimed to provide a brief view of the funerary religion in ancient Egypt from textual sources. Naturally, there was no intention here to examine this entire religious universe, which on its own would require another volume. Therefore, we aimed to present the three main corpora of funerary texts and then analyze post mortem destinies.
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