| A | B |
|---|
| Ba | the soul/personality- the part of the soul that could travel between the worlds of the living and the dead |
| Ka | the life force, body preparation allowed it to have home and ba to recognize it |
| Akh | effective spirit,the result of the successful union of the Ba and Ka which occurred if the person’s heart passed the test in the Hall of Judgment |
| Opening of the Mouth Ceremony | ceremony- Ba released into afterworld to join the Ka, make akh if dead is worthy, body reborn, made able to eat/speak |
| Spell 125 | The longest spell in Book of Dead, in which Osiris/42 judges judge the soul |
| Weighing of the heart | fnerary ceremony, Osiris takes the heart of soul, weighs in on golden scale against white feather of Ma'at (truth) tod ecide of worthy |
| Pyramid Texts | oldest religious writings in world, O.K., for pharaoh only, to free soul/ enter afterlife, found on sacrophagus/wall of OK (2400 BC) pharaoh's tombs |
| Coffin Texts | spells written on coffins 1st IP/MK (2000 BC), meant that anyone, regardless of rank and with the help of various spells, all people could now have access to the afterlife |
| Book of the Dead | NK 1600 BC, collection of mortuary texts/spells, incl parts from Pyramid and Coffin Texts, written on papyrus and put in tomb to guide to afterlife |
| The Field of Reeds | ane for idealized Egyptian afterlife |
| Mummification | process of preserving body b/c believed each individual needed their body in afterlife |
| Purpose of Tombs | to protect body and store possessions would need in afterlife, for pharaohs also memorialized name and accomplishments |
| Serekhs | symbol of iconography/hieroglyph-contains pharaoh's name, frame with a faced of palace, with pharaoh's Horus name, found in coffins, represents town or city where pharaoh lived as incarnation of sky god Horus |
| Cartouche | oval with horitontal line, text encloses a royal name, used on tombs and coffins to mark who was inside...could help Ba nd Ka find person, also worn on amulets |
| Scarab seals | symbol of dung beetle, assoc w/ divine manifestation of early morning sun Khepri, used as amulate and seals, rare in OK, common in MK, by NK placed in mummies and identified with heart of dead |
