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MUMMIFICATION EXPLAINED

Religion was a dominating influence in the life of the ancient Egyptians. The principle focus was their belief in life after death.

They believed that a one's life-force was composed of several parts. The most important was the ka. This was a duplicate of the body. It stayed with the person throughout that his or her life. The ka left when death occurred and went to take its place in the kingdom of the dead.

For the ka to continue to exist, it had to be reunited with the body. This led to the art of mummification of the body, to preserve it until t...

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