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Ancient Egyptian Celestial Afterlife by ramie sherif is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes ancient Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife as described in funerary texts. It discusses two types of celestial destinies for deceased souls: 1) An astral destiny, where souls become stars and join the circles of imperishable northern or unwearying southern stars. 2) A solar destiny, where souls join and sometimes become the sun god Ra. It focuses on the astral destiny and texts describing kings becoming specific stars like Sirius or taking possession of the sky and stars. The anci
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- ramie sherif
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- EN