It is a know fact that ancient Egyptians were very spiritual.

They took extra care while living and went a little further when dead.

How they are buried goes a long way in determining if they would make the after life.

The preservation of a dead body was critical if the deceased wanted a chance at acceptance into the afterlife.

Within the Ancient Egyptian concept of the soul , ka, which represented vitality, leaves the body once the person dies.

Only if the body is embalmed in a specific fashion will ka return to the deceased body, and rebirth will take place.

In order to live for all eternity and be presented in front of Osiris , the body of the deceased had to be preserved by mummification , so that the
soul could reunite with it, and take pleasure in the afterlife.

The main process of mummification was preserving the body by dehydrating it using natron , a natural material found in Wadi Natrun which is like a combination of baking soda and salt.

The body is drained of any liquids and left with the skin, hair and muscles preserved.

One of the funerary practices followed by the Egyptians was preparing properly for the afterlife.

Ka, the vital force within the Ancient Egyptian concept of the soul , would not return to the deceased body if embalming was not carried out in the proper fashion.

In this case, the body decayed, and possibly became unrecognizable, which rendered the afterlife unattainable for the deceased person.

If the proper precautions were not taken, damnation would occur. Damnation meant that Egyptians would not experience the glories of the afterlife where they became a deified figure and would be welcomed by the Gods.

Instead, damnation was depicted in the books of the underworld. It was a place of opposites; chaos, fire, and struggle.

In this case, not a single jewelry or bones of animals were seen in the coffin which ordinarily should have been present to aid their passage / acceptance into the after life.

Furthermore, the decay of these bodies were enhanced via the introduction of sewage water which naturally would contain/house lots of micro organisms into the coffin.

My hypothesis is that these people were people whom the living never wanted to have a safe passage to eternal life.

They might have been criminals or societal reject but one thing is certain, THEY WERE DAMNED.

I hope the next big curse hasn't been released by man's quest for knowledge.


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