The ancient Egyptians were fascinating people, and thanks to the movies, are often misunderstood. The ancient Egyptians were not in love with death, but with life! They enjoyed their life to the fullest. They loved life so much they wanted to live forever in their afterlife!

The ancient Egyptians enjoyed their life to the fullest. They worked very hard, but saved time to enjoy family, friends, music, parties, swimming, fishing, hunting, sailing, and especially their children, all of which were very important to the ancient Egyptians.

They believed in an afterlife, a real place you went after you died. The ancient Egyptians prepared for their afterlife by filling their tombs with small and large statutes of friends and family, and little statues of workers who would do all their chores for them, along with other items they might need to keep them company and to help them have a good time in their afterlife! To reach this wonderful afterlife, the ancient Egyptians believed they had to do all kinds of good deeds while they were alive to keep their heart light. What happened to them if their heart was not light when they died? Oh dear - find out here.

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