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Burial rituals

Ancient Egyptian burial

 
 

Museums - Primary sources

 

Explore the magnificent Louvre Museum - Egyptian collection. Search Religious and funerary beliefs for the digital collection.

Use the search term "Egypt funerary" and select images to discover primary sources from the British Museum

The virtual Egyptian Museum

Search The Met - think about your search terms Egypt, funerary, afterlife, embalming, burial etc.

The Australian Museum has a good collection of Primary sources. Use the search tool.

 

Burial rites

Preparation of the body:

http://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/exhibits/online/mummification/

https://australianmuseum.net.au/ancient-egypt

https://www.virtual-egyptian-museum.org/Collection/FullVisit/Collection.FullVisit-FR.html

 

 

Judgment of the deceased:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/oct/24/book-of-the-dead-egypt-exhibition

http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/funerary_practices/judgment.htm

https://www.uchicago.edu/features/how_to_live_after_death_in_ancient_egypt/

https://www.ancient.eu/Egyptian_Book_of_the_Dead/

https://www.louvre.fr/en/routes/osiris

 

Field of Reeds

https://www.ancient.eu/article/877/egyptian-afterlife---the-field-of-reeds/

http://faculty.montgomerycollege.edu/gyouth/FP_examples/student_examples/corrie_inman/lifedeath.html

http://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/exhibits/online/mummification/artifacts7.html

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=rPUEiUL4gVMC&lpg=PP1&dq=field%20of%20reeds%20egypt&pg=PA24#v=onepage&q=reeds&f=false

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8HiLKwhyL00C&lpg=PP1&dq=field%20of%20reeds%20egypt&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q=reeds&f=false

 
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College digital resources

Please search the following resources found in Student Links on Moodle

Britannica online

Worldbook online

World History in context