Ancient Egyptian Burial Practices & Connection to the Gods

Abstract

The rich history from Ancient Egypt the old kingdom alone is extensive. The research that is within this paper is mainly to look over certain burial practices that were used throughout Ancient Egypt, but mainly the old kingdom. Then looking at the reasons for these practices to be used. What they were thought to accomplish for the soul and body in the afterlife. For each burial practice that is looked at connecting it to a god and a aspect of the afterlife. Such as pyramid building and shape, housing and guiding souls to the underworld. As well as mummification and the multiple aspects that are connected to multiple different gods of mummification and burials. These burial practices and the gods that they are connected to are subject to change over time based off of the political alignments that have power; and also can show how stable each kingdom and dynasty are depending on how much effort and detail are put in to the practice.