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Reflection About Mummification

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Life has many unanswered questions. One of those question concerns death. Mummification in Africa is a fascinating topic with interesting aspects. Culture round the world has different beliefs on death. One belief is that they persevere the body till the afterlife. Another beliefs is moral choices you make on Earth affect whether you end up in Heaven or Hell. I think the director wants us to take from the documentary the process and beliefs on mummification and their belief on the afterlife. The documentary started by describing the physical body being mummified and the journey through the underworld in the hope of being reborn into the afterlife. I believe the documentary started that way so we could get an idea of mummification and their beliefs. The Documentary started by describing mummification and how they mummified. The Documentary ended by saying summarizing the video about mummy’s and mummification. In Egypt beyond the pyramids part 4 ;2-1, the video is concerned with Egyptians mummification over time and the Egyptians belief in the afterlife. Rip shins would look for help while the physical body was being mummified and in tuned a spirit was undergoing its great journey through the underworld in the hope of being reborn in the afterlife. Now there are guides to this journey there commonly called “The Book Of The Dead”. Parts of it is found on the walls of the tomb, there were direction and

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