... double was created at birth and released from the body at death, the Ba was the soul, and the Akh was the body's supernatural power. For as long as the body was preserved, the Ka and Ba would live. So that is why the Ancient Egyptians carefully mummified their dead, then laid them in tombs ... rest. In the tombs offerings of food could be made, which would nourish the Ka. Once in the tomb it was believed that the Akh began its journey to the hall of judgment, where the god Anubis held the person's heart in one pan and in another a feather of Ma"at, the goddess of ... and the need for a...

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