Question
The Egyptians believed that doing 3 things would assure a successful afterlife. Which of the following is NOT one of those things?
Answer Options:
preserving the body through mummification
producing portraits of the deceased to disseminate among the family
protecting the body in a tomb in which the name of the deceased was inscribed.
providing the body with food and drink, or illustrations of it in case no one was available to make the offerings
Answer Options:
preserving the body through mummification
producing portraits of the deceased to disseminate among the family
protecting the body in a tomb in which the name of the deceased was inscribed.
providing the body with food and drink, or illustrations of it in case no one was available to make the offerings
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The option that is NOT one of the things that the Egyptians believed would assure a successful afterlife is:
**producing portraits of the deceased to disseminate among the family.**
While mummification, protecting the body in a tomb with the name inscribed, and providing food and drink or illustrations for offerings were indeed key practices in ancient Egyptian beliefs regarding the afterlife, producing portraits for dissemination among family was not a core belief related to ensuring success in the afterlife.
**producing portraits of the deceased to disseminate among the family.**
While mummification, protecting the body in a tomb with the name inscribed, and providing food and drink or illustrations for offerings were indeed key practices in ancient Egyptian beliefs regarding the afterlife, producing portraits for dissemination among family was not a core belief related to ensuring success in the afterlife.