EGYPTIAN AFTERLIFE

THE JOURNEY BEGINS

• dying would not get you to the land of Two Fields.
• You had to earn a place in Ra's boat.
• To board Ra's boat, your heart had to be light
• There were many obstacles to face
• Re's boat sailed through the River of Night on the west side of the Nile.

THE JOURNEY BEGINS

• Before a Pharaoh could face the trials of the Twelve Great Halls,
• he first had to secure passage in the form of a boat
• that would carry him down the river of the Underworld
• There he would begin his adventure

THE FIRST GATE

• The Pharaoh will greet souls of the dead here
• They would destroy those who were evil

THE SECOND GATE

• Much like Heaven and Hell
• chamber divided into top, middle, and bottom
• The top was where the “blessed souls” resided
• the bottom was for the evil and wicked.

THE THIRD GATE

• the Pharaoh would be faced with a lake of fire
• The lake would only hurt the wicked
• if the Pharaoh was not tainted by wickedness
• he would have no trouble traversing the fiery lake

THE FOURTH GATE

• It had three levels as well.
• Inside the top, the Pharaoh was met with two lakes
• The middle level had shrines dedicated at nine gods that followed Osiris.
• It was the Pharaoh’s duty to feed them after he had resurrected them.
• Finally, they came to the Arit gate

THE FIFTH GATE

• In this gate Pharaoh would have his heart weighed.
• If his heart was light, lighter than a feather He would enter the afterlife
• If his heart is heavy then a serpent god would devour you and your heart

THE TENTH GATE

• The tenth gate is, by far, the most climactic.
• The pharaoh fights in a cavern fighting with his archenemy, Apophish
• And his army

THE ELEVENTH GATE

• The gods took Apophis and his 'army'
• and rendered them incapable of further attack through dismemberment
• The war was over and the gods rejoiced.

THE TWELTH GATE

• The Egyptians believe that in the after life you live the same life
• They had servants called shabti.
• The shabits do their masters work in the afterlife of Egypt also called the two fields.
• Everyone keeps doing what they did in the world of the living.

WE

• skip all of the least important gates
• So you would not get bored