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This 22 page research paper investigates literature, including primary sources, in order to answer the question of why spiritual beliefs among the ancient Egyptians, especially their desire to gain entry to the afterlife, were so significant that these beliefs shaped the context of their lives. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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the pyramids were built as massive funerary monuments designed to aid the ascension of the pharaohs into the afterlife, examination of primary sources and other scholarly sources of reference reveals
that eventually, as ancient Egyptian history progressed, belief in the afterlife and gaining entry into this imagined paradise became the central motif shaping the lives of any ordinary Egyptian
who had the financial means to purchase the necessary accoutrements and pay for the required rituals. The following investigation of literature attempts to answer the question of why spiritual beliefs
among the ancient Egyptians, especially their desire to gain entry to the afterlife, were so significant that these beliefs shaped the context of their lives.
At the beginning of Egyptian civilization, the pharaoh was the only individual viewed as capable of achieving existence in the afterlife.1 By the start of the Old
Kingdom, Osiris, a relatively minor fertility god of northern Egypt, became strongly associated with the spirit of the dead pharaoh, and it was believed that the pharaoh alone possessed a
spirit that could escape death and achieve an afterlife.2 This was undoubtedly due to the association between the pharaoh and the divinity of Osiris. Nevertheless, over time, entry to the
afterlife was expanded and nobles were given permission from the pharaoh to make the necessary funerary arrangements that were believed to grant the soul of the deceased continued existence after
death. With the emergence of the New Kingdom, these funerary practices were expanded to include all Egyptians. However, entry to the afterlife was
still limited to those who could afford to pay the priests to intone the necessary prayers and pay artisans to inscribe the required texts on coffins, coffin walls or papyrus
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