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Ramses the Great Dies
  The Pharoah's Death   The Reign of Ramses the Great   Preparing the Pharoah for the Afterlife  
          Preserving the Pharoah's Earthly Form  
  Restoring Ramses to Youth
  The Pharoah's Final Resting Place


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  As the religion of Egypt promises, Ramses's Ka (divine spirit) and the Ba (soul) of Ramses, which took flight upon his death, will one day return to his earthly form to bring new life to the body. To be prepared for that eventuality, the pharaoh's body will be mummified. Mummification serves two purposes:

dingbat to prevent decomposition of the body
dingbat to maintain the pharaoh's individual appearance.

The mummification process will require 70 days to complete. Thereafter, Ramses the Great will be interred in a tomb carved deep into a wall of rock in the Valley of the Kings, near Thebes.

Click on the links to learn of the funeral preparations that are just now beginning.

Preserving the Pharaoh's Earthly Form
Restoring Ramses to Youth
The Pharaoh's Final Resting Place

   

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