The afterlife was a battle ... an Egyptologist at the University of Leuven in Belgium. In ancient Egypt, rebirth was associated more closely with male gods, and so dead women had to adopt the ...

That common misconception hides the true relationship between life and death in ancient Egypt. Discover how they ... and how their belief in the afterlife shaped Egyptian culture.

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 13 ancient mummies ... mummies with the intention of helping the deceased speak in the afterlife, and because they believed that gold was "the flesh of ...

In Ancient Egypt, as within many major religions today ... They loved life and wanted it to continue in the afterlife. They hoped to be reanimated after death and do all the things they could ...

This clip is from BBC series: Ancient Egypt - Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings. After watching the clip, students could discuss how important the idea of an afterlife was to the Ancient ...