What is the connection between ancient Egypt, which possessed the art of mysterious immortality, without any book records, and with only a few abstract murals, the method of mummification that had been passed down for thousands of years, and suddenly lost after the death of the last priest, and the sudden change in the direction of the attack of Alexander's crusade?
The mummies of ancient Egypt are not the oldest in human history, but are found in Chile, more than 2,000 years before the Egyptian mummies. It is strange that the two of them are surprisingly similar, what is the secret hidden in this?
Many people may think that the existence of mummies is against the laws of human nature, or that it should not exist at all, but mummies are not just what we know. So, what is the meaning of the existence of mummies?
Ancient Egyptian mummies
How exactly did it come about? What secrets are hidden in this? In this issue, we will explore the secrets of mummies. Some of the views in the video only represent personal views, please watch them rationally. If you are interested in this video, you may wish to click on the attention, long press the two-second like button to support it, your support is our biggest motivation.
Ancient Egyptian mythology
One of the earliest legends about the mummification of ancient Egypt first came from one of the myths. When the heavens and the earth were still chaotic, there was a piece of water, and these waters were not ordinary waters, but primitive waters.
These waters are embodied as the most primitive god, "Nun". There is a glowing egg in this water, and after this egg cracks, the sun god "Pull" appears. This myth and legend is a bit similar to our Chinese Pangu Kaitiandi.
Ancient Egyptian frescoes
At the time of the birth of Ra, there was no heaven and earth, there was nothing, he created everything out of nothingness, so he was the Creator and Father of the gods in Egyptian mythology. Later, "La" created twin siblings in a time of boredom, the god of air "Shu" and the god of moisture "Tephnut".
"Shu" stands for dryness and "Tefnut" stands for wetness, which happen to be two of the most prominent climatic features of the year in the Nile area. Ancient Egyptian mythology bears great resemblance to other regional myths, and after shu and Tephnut were created, the two of them combined to give birth to the earth goddess "Gaibu" and the sky goddess "Nutt".
After this, the two gods also naturally inbred, and finally gave birth to two men and two women, namely the god of fertility "Osiris", who grew long beard and green skin, and was in charge of the grain and harvest, the god of chaos and disaster "Set", who was the brother of "Osiris".
Helios -Ra
The goddess of nature, "Isis", who is good at magic, and "Nefertis", the goddess of night and sorrow, combine these four people in pairs, "Isis" becomes the wife of "Osiris", and "Nefertis" becomes the wife of "Seth".
Therefore, if you look closely, you will find that the royal family of ancient Egypt was all married by close relatives, because they believed that the god who created himself was married by close relatives, so they should also abide by this tradition and pay attention to the purity of blood.
So, if this trend continues, this inbreeding will continue forever. But it was at this time that a very bloody thing happened, that is, one day Osiris actually recognized his brother Seth's wife Nefertis as his wife, and gave birth to a child named "Anubis".
Anubis
After this incident, his brother was very angry and came up with a plot to kill his brother. So one day, Seth invited his brother to dinner with him, and he also found a lot of people to accompany him.
During the meal, Seth pointed to the beautiful large box he had prepared in advance and said to everyone: Whoever can lie in this box will give it to whomever I want. Osiris, at everyone's instigation, tried it in front of everyone, but just after he lay down, Seth immediately closed the box, locked it, and finally threw him into the Nile.
After learning of Osiris's murder, his wife Isis remained inseparable, searching everywhere for her husband, and finally, thanks to her tireless efforts, she finally found the body. Unexpectedly, this matter was learned by Seth, who stole the body in the middle of the night while Isis was not ready, decomposed it into a dozen pieces, and threw it in different places.
Osiris and Seth
Osiris became the first god to die in ancient Egyptian mythology. However, after this, Isis did not give up searching for her husband's body, and finally found the corpse pieces around the world, carefully stitched them together, and mummified Osiris with the help of Anubis.
Osiris is resurrected
It was also the first mummy in Egyptian history. After this, Osiris's widow Heras was born, and he was very brave from an early age, and when he grew up, he defeated Seth, ended his hatred for his father, and sat on the throne himself. With God's help, Osiris was resurrected.
But his resurrection is not in the world in which we live, but in the world of Hades, in which he is the Lord, who is responsible for the judgment of the dead, just like the King of Yama in our Chinese myths and legends.
osiris
Since then, this mythical story has been widely circulated in the folk, and later when the Egyptian pharaoh heard this story, he used it to deceive his own people. According to them, Pharaohs could have god's help, so they were rulers when they lived and remained rulers after they died.
The reason for making mummies
If anyone rebelled against Pharaoh, he would not only be punished while on earth, but would not be able to easily pass through Osiris' hades after death. Since then, the people of ancient Egypt have mummified the remains of the dead and are convinced that after death they will begin a new journey.
People of their race especially believe in the theory of the afterlife, they believe that the death of the body is not the end of life, but only the end of life, as long as they do not do evil before they die, they can calmly face the judgment of Osiris, the king of Pluto, so that their undead can ascend from the underworld to the heaven of eternal life.
Egyptian pharaohs
And it was precisely because of this belief in the afterlife that the ancient Egyptians never disagreed with their fate, because they believed that it was all God's will, and they were preparing for the afterlife in Me from birth.
The Egyptians believed that a complete person consisted of nine parts: the body, the spirit, the heart, the shadow, the form, the name, the card, the ba, and the ah, and that after death the heart stopped beating and the flesh would begin to decay.
In Egyptian mythology, it is believed that after death, the undead will descend to the underworld to begin to pass, and only through the heavy tests set by the king of Pluto, as well as the final judgment, can they return to their own bodies and combine with it, so as to fly to heaven and obtain eternal life. Then, if the flesh decays, the undead will be destroyed and never resurrected.
Ancient Egyptian "beast-headed man" gods
Therefore, keeping the flesh incorruptible is the first step and the most basic step in the Egyptian resurrection art. This corresponds to the process of osiris's dissociative body reorganization and rebirth in Egyptian mythology, which is also the purpose of their race to make mummies.
According to their custom, the heart is formed by a drop of blood in the mother's heart when pregnant, it is the location of human emotions, consciousness and experiences, and in mythology, Pluto will judge whether the person has done something bad before his death by weighing the heart, which is equivalent to the key to the next life.
They believe that any damage to the heart will result in the inability to regenerate, while also leading to the destruction of the soul. Therefore, when making a mummy, even if all the other internal organs are hollowed out, the heart will be carefully preserved. When the mummies are made, they are "awakened" through a special ritual.
Nunn
They open their eyes, noses, ears, and mouths, and stuff the grain into their mouths. Rumor has it that such an act allows their souls to speak, breathe, and eat as freely as the living. Ka, Ba and Bach are the three most important components of the soul.
Ka, Ba and Ach
Card, we can understand it as what we call the soul, or the nature of life as the Egyptians thought it was. Interestingly, the card is not an invisible mental body as we understand it, but tangible, and generally the card is exactly the same as its owner, like another body.
In general, we can understand the card as another twin brother of the human body, a different life form. Man exists in the form of a physical body while he is alive, but will continue to exist in the form of a card after death. The concept of ba and card is actually similar, but it is not exactly the same.
Tefnut and Shu
Its meaning can be explained in modern human terms is the life force, the card that still maintains survival can not be said to be carefree, but needs some energy to maintain, which requires the funeral sacrifice held by the priest to maintain the survival of the card, so the food we see in the Egyptian tombs is actually dedicated to the card.
Ba is the object of these sacrifices, and after the person dies, he will remain on the flesh of the human body and be activated by the "opening ceremony" performed by the priest, so that the body has life force. The life force referred to here is not a sudden resurrection as we understand it, but represents an abstract attribute.
We can actually understand Ba as a medium, Ba converts the food left by the priest into energy and transmits it to Ka, so that Ka can live in heaven all the time, and Ba must stay in the body of the deceased, so providing a place for his Ba is one of the reasons why the ancient Egyptians took pains to preserve the mummy.
Transmission of energy
Finally, we will talk about a concept that is ah, when the card and the mummy of the deceased are combined, they all form Aher. Aher is called a deity that sublimates a person's state after death, that is, a person will die on earth and gain eternal life in heaven.
So in fact, all the funeral rites in ancient Egypt were to help the deceased become Aher. If you have any views and opinions, you can leave a message in the comment area below, we will explore together and in order to achieve a transformation of the dead from death to life, the ancient Egyptians made sufficient preparations.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
In addition to the pyramids, temples, mummies, and such burials that we are familiar with, there is also a book of the dead that is, a teaching book on how the ancient Egyptians obtained eternal life. The Book of the Dead, also known as the Bible of the Ancient Egyptians, is the most famous funerary document handed down from ancient Egypt.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Its predecessor comes from the inscription of the pyramid, before the new dynasty of ancient Egypt, this art of immortality has always been only enjoyable to the pharaohs, in the Egyptian pyramids we can actually see, around it are engraved with inscriptions, in order to help the pharaoh to successfully obtain immortality.
Over time, resurrection techniques began to be emulated by middle-class officials, and eventually spread to the masses in the form of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Ordinary people, because they could not afford the huge mausoleum and the luxurious sarcophagus, copied the book of the dead on papyrus paper and placed it inside the coffin or in the mezzanine of the mummified shroud.
So, what was the resurrection process described in the Egyptian Book of the Dead? Simply put, it is divided into four steps, making a mummy, leading to the underworld, accepting the judgment of the gods of the underworld, and finally weighing the heart for eternal life.
Inside the pyramid
The art of eternal life
First, the first step is to make a mummy. As we mentioned earlier, the purpose of human mummification is to keep the body of the deceased intact so that it can merge with the soul in the future to achieve eternal life. So after the pharaoh of ancient Egypt died, his body would be washed with soda water and then handed over to the priests for subsequent disposal.
First they will first drain the blood and put the brain plasma and other internal organs besides the heart. The priests were very cautious in handling the internal organs, and if they accidentally damaged the heart of the pharaoh, they would be punished very severely.
The heart will remain in place during the making process, but the heart needs to be preserved, the priest will use alkali powder and salt to slowly drain the heart' water, wash it again with palm oil, and then place a scarab-shaped amulet in the heart, the role of this amulet is to protect the heart of the deceased from damage.
scarab
After hollowing out the internal organs, there will be a dehydration step, after which some antiseptic spices will be stuffed in, and finally the incision will be sewn with needle and thread, and the skin of Horus's eyes will be attached to the suture, and the people of their race believe that Horus's eyes have the power of resurrection, so it will have a protective effect on the body of the pharaoh.
After the stitching is complete, the mummified person will apply a layer of pine resin to its surface, wrap the body of the deceased with a cloth strip soaked in palm oil, and during the wrapping process, the priests will pray and recite the scriptures of the book of the dead, which will allow the deceased to pass through the judgment of the gods of the underworld and lead to eternal life.
The second stage is the journey to the underworld, after 70 days of mummification, there will be a funeral ceremony, after which the priest will entrust the undead to Anubis, who will guide the undead to the entrance of the underworld, and then will leave, leaving the undead to break through the barrier by themselves.
Horus eyes
The road to the underworld is a very difficult road to pass. On the road there will be dark mire and poison that suddenly appears in the dark night where you can't see your fingers. It is full of crises, and the undead can only rely on the priests to pray to the gods of the underworld to pray that the gods will not sin against the dead, and that the dead can be reborn as soon as possible.
At this time, the book of the dead left by the priests came in handy, and they could only resolve the crisis and successfully reach the underworld by constantly reciting these scriptures. After this long path, the undead will be judged by the gods.
At this time, the undead cannot enter the temple, and there will be 42 gods of the underworld who will judge whether he is eligible for eternal life, and they will know through the heart whether the undead have done any terrible things before they died.
mummy
At this time, the scarab amulet placed at the heart plays a role, ensuring that the undead can pass smoothly when the gods learn about the events of the undead through the heart. The scriptures engraved on the Scarab Amulet prevent the heart from saying anything denigrating to the dead during the judgment, regardless of whether the undead have committed any transgressions or not.
After passing the judgment of the gods, the dead will have the last hurdle on the road to resurrection, which is to weigh the heart. The ceremony will be presided over by Anubis, who will weigh the heart of the deceased on a scale, placing the heart of the deceased on the far left of the scale, and placing a feather symbolizing truth and fairness on the far right.
If the balance is flat, then it means that the undead was indeed a person of good character before he died. And if the heart is heavier than the weight, then it means that this undead spirit was a person who committed a terrible crime before he died, and he will face the blood basin of the divine beast.
Heart weighing mural
The weighed dead will be led to Osiris, the god of hades, who will officially declare that the dead are eligible to enter another world and receive eternal life. This, then, is the meaning of the existence of mummies in ancient Egyptian mythology, which means that the concept of eternal life has always existed in the ancient Egyptian tradition.
Take a big guess
In 334 BC, Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, launched an expedition against Africa and Asia. Today, archaeologists have found a very puzzling place when studying the route of Alexander's attack. After attacking the Middle East, he did not choose to continue to the Two Rivers Valley.
Instead, he went around and captured Egypt before advancing eastward. For such a strange move of his, some experts believe that Alexander went to Egypt because of the rich land and wealth of Egypt, while others believe that he was trying to seize the art of immortality passed down through the generations of Egyptian pharaohs.
Road map of Alexander's Crusade
As for how the ancient Egyptian art of immortality came about, until now there has not been a clear conclusion. Because it is such a complex and sophisticated art of immortality, there is no detailed record in any text or book. And this mysterious art of immortality was lost after the death of the last priest.
Although there are frescoes in ancient Egypt that depict the production process, these murals are very abstract, how did the ancient Egyptians pass on for thousands of years through a few murals? Then, we can't help but wonder if this art of immortality, which violates the laws of self-belief, is itself a forbidden art.
Mummification was the first step in the resurrection of ancient Egypt, but there is no written record, and here I make a very bold guess, could the technology itself not have come from humans? Many people think that the mummies of ancient Egypt are the oldest mummies in human history, but this is not the case.
Ancient Egyptian frescoes of the gods
In 1983, a worker dug up 96 mummies in the sand of Chile, South America, and according to archaeologists, they are probably more than 7,000 years old, and they are the oldest mummies in the true sense. These mummies were made by the New Crooks who lived here from more than 7000 BC to 1500 BC.
More than 7,000 years BC, because there is no historical record, it is called the prehistoric period, corresponding to the ancient period of China. According to the speculation of that era, human beings should still be in primitive society at this time. So how did these people understand the anti-corrosion technology and the process of making mummies so precisely?
Surprisingly, these mummies found in Chile are very similar to the mummies of ancient Egypt, so is it possible that an alien civilization passed on the same technology to them? We can't help but speculate that a group of aliens passed on the techniques of mummification and the mysterious art of immortality to mankind in ancient times.
Ancient Egyptian ritual frescoes
When Osiris died, his wife restored his body, and Anubis used the art of immortality to combine his father's soul with his body, and Osiris was born again and had eternal life.
After all, this art of immortality is against the laws of nature, so when the alien civilization leaves, this mysterious forbidden art is also taken with it. Of course, this is just a bold guess. Looking at the course of scientific development now, it seems that there is a technology that is reviving this forbidden art that has been lost.
The human freezing technology that is in the experimental stage is believed to be heard by everyone, which refers to the placement of human bodies in a frozen state for storage, and then in the near future using more advanced medical technology to thaw them and then resurrect them.
Human freezing technology
And this technology, which is in the experimental stage, is like a long-lost method of mummification, which has to feel extremely frightening. In addition, there are cloning technologies that have been banned by various countries, and when we are cloned, will we still be the current me?
So, what do you think of these forbidden methods of immortality? The content of this issue only represents personal opinions, there is unproven content, if you believe in science, it is better to read a small story, please watch it rationally.
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