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Journey Through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, British Museum
Journey Through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, British Museum
Gods, monsters, mummies, magic spells and the sweet hereafter
Thursday, 04 November 2010
The sweet hereafter: Mummy of Katebet c 1300-1275 BC
Those ancient Egyptians, they loved life! So much so that they even conceived of an afterlife that differed hardly at all from the one on Earth, only better: they didn’t get sick and they carried on just as before, to eternity – which might sound like a bore to some, but given that the average life expectancy for an ancient Egyptian - even a very rich one - was 35, a certain reluctance to leave the earthly realm was understandable.
Those ancient Egyptians, they loved life! So much so that they even conceived of an afterlife that differed hardly at all from the one on Earth, only better: they didn’t get sick and they carried on just as before, to eternity – which might sound like a bore to some, but given that the average life expectancy for an ancient Egyptian - even a very rich one - was 35, a certain reluctance to leave the earthly realm was understandable.
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