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Published: 20 November 2023

Would you make it to the Afterlife?

This was the very question Year 3 and 4 were asking themselves when we took part in a History re-enactment lesson as part of our work on Ancient Egyptian beliefs. In the classroom we used a range of sources to find out about how the Ancient Egyptians believed that when they died, they would face their judgement in the Hall of Truth. Here, their heart would be weighed against the feather of Ma'at - the Egyptian goddess of truth, justice, balance and order. If their heart was light - a straight path to meet Osiris and a fulfilling future in the glorious Afterlife. However, if their heart was heavy, they had lived a life of sin, their heart would be eaten by Ammemet, an Egyptian demon and "The Eater of hearts". 

We then had fun re-enacting this in the playground, where we all faced our judgement!