Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries

Why Did The Egyptians Preserve The Body After Death? | The Lost Gods (1x18)

Date de diffusion: Mar 16, 2021

The ancient Egyptians were obsessed with divinity, death, the afterlife, and reincarnation. Host Christy Kenneally visits Saqqara, south of Cairo, where the Egyptians learned the technique of mummification and built the first pyramid as an early prototype for the grand monuments of the Giza pyramid complex.