Abstract
The dedication, complexity, and elaborate burial
practices show the significance that death and the afterlife was to the Ancient
Egyptian people and culture. Life after death was a motivating factor when it
came to preparing for one’s death and success in the afterlife. To ancient
Egyptians, death was only the beginning. The Ancient Egyptians developed a
complex process of mummification in order to preserve bodies for their crossing
into the afterlife. The process of mummification was a complex ritual that
changed and evolved overtime. The significance of mummification and the afterlife,
however, did not change.
