Question

“Hail to thee, O my father Osiris, I have come and I have embalmed this my flesh so that my body may not decay. I am whole, even as my father Khepera was whole, who is to me the type of that which passeth not away….Grant thou to me to endure for ever, even as thou me, o thou who art lord of the grave.” - translation from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, published in 1895 The views expressed in the excerpt above are best seen as evidence of which of following in Egyptian religion?
A) the belief in an afterlife
B) the belief that anyone could become a god
C) all Egyptians went so some form of "heaven"
D) Egyptians were monotheistic, worshipping the god Osiris

Answer 1

A- The passage is a prayer to the Eqyptian god, Osiris who id the god of Judgement and decides whether you are worthy to live forever as a spirit. The afterlife is clear but the passage does not ention a "heaven."

Answer 2

Answer:

A) The belief in an afterlife.

Explanation:

The Book of the Dead is the modern name of a funerary text of Ancient Egypt that was used from the beginning of the new Empire (around 1550 BC) until 50 BC. This book contained religious, magical, and ritualistic elements concerning the path of the soul to the afterlife. One of the most relevant parts of the Book of the Dead was the trial of Osiris, which refers to the judgment of the soul by the god Osiris according to the acts committed by the dead person while she was alive. In this trial, the spirit of the deceased was guided by the god Anubis before the court of Osiris. Anubis magically extracted the Ib (the heart, which represents consciousness and morality) and deposited it on one of the two cymbals of a balance. The Ib was poised with the pen of Maat (symbol of Truth and Universal Justice), located on the other plate. At the end of the trial, Osiris made his verdict.