Read the passage from the ancient Egyptian Book of
the Dead.
What is the primary purpose of the passage?
There, the dead would face a great test. The soul was
weighed against a feather. Good deeds would make
the soul as light as the feather. Bad deeds would make
the soul heavy. That soul would not gain the afterlife.
Ancient Egyptians believed that the spells in the Book
of the Dead allowed the dead person to control their
body and defeat danger on their journey to the afterlife.
O to show how the great test was performed
O to show that Egyptians had many beliefs about the
afterlife
O to show that Egyptians believed actions on Earth
affected entry into the afterlife
O to show that the Book of the Dead was very
important to the ancient Egyptians