That said, this trip to the afterlife was far from simple or straightforward, featuring an arduous final journey and judgment, where only those who were deemed worthy were allowed to forge ahead.Īs such, specialists say that the living attempted to aid the deceased through this transition by decorating their bodies with protective amulets and talismans. The ancient Egyptians approached death as a transition to another world, whereupon the spirit would separate from the mummified body of the deceased and proceed toward a perfect form of the deceased’s previous life.
