Before going to the afterlife you had to stack on all the necessary stuff you would need there. These are some of the stuff the ancient Egyptians place in their tombs so that they could live in the field of reeds. It was like moving to a new home in another country, you moved with all your stuff. That is why we have so much information on how they live because they left some of that information in their tombs.
Mortuary Items
Canopic Jars
These Jars contain your internal mummified Parts
Canopic Boxes
Canopic Chest Descriptions
Last 2 images right: Limestone canopic chest of the Great Steward, Khnem Hotpe, painted to imitate granite. Dahshur, XIIth dynasty.
Last image left: Canopic Jars of Kiya, Valley of the Kings, KV 55, 18th Dynasty, Reign of Akhenaten (c. 1351-1334 BC). Discovered in a side room of the mysterious Tomb 55 were four exquisite canopic jars of Egyptian alabaster containing wrapped bundles of viscera. The stoppers represent a princess or queen in the “Nubian” wig, initially a military hairstyle that was adopted by the Amarna royal family. The inscriptions on the bodies of the jars were erased, but scholars have been able to reconstruct the original name as Kiya a secondary queen of Akhenaten’s.
Each contains at least 4 Canopic Jars
Food Containers
Ushabtis, Your Afterlife Servants
Ushabtis Descriptions
Last right: The model coffin, and the ushabti in it, belonged to the royal scribe Amenhotep called Huy. After the break-in, on January 28, 2011 it was found broken in the Museum’s garden and has now been restored. Faience – New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (1550 1070RC) Abydos.
Special Ushabtis
Ba Birds, The Mummies Spirit Coming & Going
Other Mortuary Artifacts
Last Center: Funerary Preparations Bed
Musical
Musical Instruments
Agriculture
It was not until the Iron Age that long sustain sowing was possible, because Iron made the agricultural tools stronger, which meant, they lasted longer in the fields without needing maintenance.
Grinding Seeds for Bread
Final Produce
Priests
One of the functions of priests in ancient Egypt was to ensure that the world remained as the gods created it. To maintain this cosmic balance, they performed a series of daily rituals in the temples in the name of the king. Priests were required to bathe and shave their heads and to wear only the cleanest of linen clothing and leopard skins. They were rewarded for their service with a share of the food and drink offered to the gods. The link between royal and religious power was very strong, as the king was involved in the selection of high-ranking priests, especially in the case of politically powerful positions.
Kneeling statue of Hetepdief
This is one of the oldest known examples of non-royal statuary from ancient Egypt. The priest Hetepdief kneels in the act of worship, with his hands on his knees. He served in the mortuary cults of the first three kings of the 2nd Dynasty. Their names are written on his right shoulder inside a serekh frame: Hetepsekhemwy, Raneb and Ninetjer. Late 2nd Dynasty to Early 3rd Dynasty, about 2600-2695 BC, Memphis, Mit Rahina, excavated by Eugene Grebaut in 1888, red granite.
