Some people say that the Egyptians were obsessed with death. All their lives they were supposedly preparing for their death. The Egyptian Book of the Dead provided spells and how you were to be judged in the afterlife. First, your heart was weighed by Ka. If the heart was lighter than the feather, then the person was let into paradise and eternal life. For those who had a heavy heart, then you were doomed. It seems like a hard way to put your soul to rest, but the Egyptian rituals had an effect on the world at that time in history and are still learned about today.
The Greeks held funerals for their dead and buried them underground. The spirit left the body as puff of smoke. Hades was the god of the underworld and your soul was meant to stay with him.
The Egyptians were more worried about afterlife than the Greeks.
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