Life after Death

Discuss with your class the following topics or assign them to a group of students who will report to the class, using the images in this Web site to illustrate their research.

Egyptian afterlife beliefs

how Egyptian burial practices changed from the Old Kingdom to late dynastic times (This is a way of reminding students that although much about Egyptian art and society remained fairly consistent for three thousand years, change did occur.)

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