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=== "Pyramids, temples, tombs, the burials of kings, nobles and the common people, all express the unique Ancient Egyptian idea of death. Ancient Egyptians marked their passage into the hereafter perhaps more so than any other ancient society." ===

This page is going to be focusing on the ideas of how many different religions and there views on what lies ahead after death. In many modern religions it is,in a broad sense, believed that once a person passes away there spirit is sent to either heaven or hell depending on there actions done while they were alive. another largely seen similarity is the thought of the end of humanity and earth and although its the same idea there are different views as to how it shall happen and are even given different names between religions. Although there are many different religions and many different and similar views of the afterlife the two that shall be compared within this page is the ancient Egyptians and Islam (as seen in the quotes above.)



The Ancient Egyptians had an elaborate and complex belief of the afterlife. it begins with the deceased being placed in front of a trial of 14 judges to describe the the persons deeds thoughout their life(top.) within the hands of some of the judges the key of life, the ankh,is being held. After this the Jackal headed god of death Anubis leads the deceased to the scale in which his heart will be weighed. here Anubis will place the heart of the deceased on the scale (the left trey of the image) to be weighed agenst a feather of Ma'at, the goddess of truth and justice (the right trey.) In some drawings it is ma'at herself sitting upon the trey instead of her feather. if the heart outweighs the feather of ma'at it would mean that the heart is has been made heavy with evil deeds and is given to ammet the god with a crocodile head and hippo legs (said to be "divine retribution" personified) to devour. This action condemns the deceased to oblivion for eternity. But if the deceased's heart is lighter then the feather, then the deceased has led a righteous life and may be brought before Osiris to join the afterlife. Thoth, the ibis-headed god of wisdom ( to the right of the feather) records the results as Horus, the god with the falcon head, leads the deceased to Osiris, king of the underworld.