A German Egyptologist sets out the belief about the afterlife held by Egyptians of every class from early times to the Coptic age: the dead person becoming an Osiris, the journey through the underworld charted by the Book of the Dead, and the meaning of mummification, amulets, tomb texts and funerary stelae.
A short, lucid introduction for anyone curious about how the Egyptians imagined life after death. Download the free EPUB.