![]() If the heart was found to be heavier than the feather, it was fed to Ammut, the ‘Devourer’, and the soul was cast into darkness. This feather was the symbol for truth and justice and helped determine whether the deceased person had indeed been virtuous. The heart, which contained a record of all the deceased’s actions in life, was weighed against the feather of the goddess Ma’at. The second part of the judgement process was the ‘Weighing of the Heart’ ceremony. The Book of the Dead provided them with the correct words to use for each of the judges, ensuring that they would pass this part of the judgement process even if they had not been completely innocent. ![]() Here they stood before 42 divine judges and pleaded their innocence of any wrongdoing during their lifetime. Part 1: standing before the 42 divine judges Once the journey through the underworld is complete, the deceased reach the Hall of Final Judgment. For this reason he came to symbolise the hope for eternal life that every Egyptian held. The ancient Egyptians believed him to be a dead king, a former ruler who had been miraculously restored to life after being murdered by his brother Seth. He was also god of vegetation and the annual Nile flood and was closely associated with death, resurrection and fertility. Osiris was the god and chief judge of the underworld. Here they would plead their case for entry into the afterlife. Throughout the underworld journey, the deceased’s spirit would have to contend with gods, strange creatures and gatekeepers to reach Osiris and the Hall of Final Judgment.
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