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What did the Ancient Egyptians believe about the afterlife?
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The Ancient Egyptians believed that when they died, they would make a journey to the afterlife, which was a blessed and eternal place. They also believed that their fate in the afterlife was determined by their behavior in life – if they had behaved well and earned ma'at, the ancient Egyptian concept of balance, truth and justice, then they would be able to pass through the dangerous underworld and emerge in the afterlife. They also believed that some form of the soul remained after death, although exact beliefs varied from one tribe to another.