Ancient Egyptian concept of life after death

The ancient Egyptians believed that the mummified body was the home to where the soul or spirit would return to after death, so it was important to preserve a man’s likeness and his body, or his spirit would be lost if his body was destroyed. The body was believed to be made up of various elements, the ba was a spiritual aspect of the human being which survived or came into being at death, and which was imbued with the fullness of a person's individuality, it was represented as a small bird that could fly away from the body and return again. The Ka is was the intellectual  double and vital force   that transcends the death of the physical body it was  the creative and sustaining power of life and a symbol of intellectual and spiritual power.

When in Luxor you can visit the Mummification museum to help understand the process of mummification and see the mummified body of Ma-Saharti