His body was finally laid to rest inside the grave that was dug in the desert. Closer to the borders of Kush his family decided to bury his body. They had him wrapped in a cloth as a means of mummification to preserve his body for the journey into the after life. Due to their status he was not given the expensive burial most nobles received. Their deceased loved one was by no means a Pharaoh who received the finest burial along with a Pyramid over their tomb. Other nobles would be buried in a tomb called mastabas. Every Mastaba was built smaller than all the pyramids. Even the smallest pyramid constructed was bigger than a mastaba.
Pottery Maker Tahu was buried with his personal possessions, and food placed in urns. Egypt's sands and dirt covered Tahu's body as the burial ritual came to a close during the day. His corpse was lifeless however his own spirit was aware of the burial. Tahu's spirit watched his own burial. As nightfall came he arose from his own grave leaving his own body with the urns. According to the custom of burying their dead they had to leave food for the loved one's journey through the after life. Tahu had no need for the food for some reason. He was not even hungry since he was dead. Upon emerging from his own grave Tahu found himself in a strange land that was not the desert. Wherever he was it was not covered in sands, but fields of reeds and grass that grew along the Nile's Banks. Then it hit him like a hammer on a nail or a pick on a stone quarry. Were other's aware of where they actually go once the burial ceremony was completed and their living loved ones leave them?
Tahu was about to make his first step inside what they called the afterlife when he heard a meow. For some reason he froze in his tracks. Remembering what was said about cats being the guardians of the underworld Tahu began to run for his life. Through what he perceived as reeds Tahu ran from the source of the meow as it followed him. He felt as though the cats were chasing after him. All he had been told about the underworld and the afterlife were the gates and the possible sentence of going to hell for living a bad life. His feet carried him through the reeds without letting him turn around to see what was chasing him. Tahu ran into what felt like wet ground that turned into a marshy land. He kept going until he bumped into something.
Before him stood a statue carved from granite dedicated to Anubis the god who watched over the dead. In moments Tahu heard the cats again meowing and crying out in warning. Whatever spine he had left shivered and he ran for it running into Ammit. Ammit the demon with the hippo's body and the head of the crocodile reared her head to face the dead soul. He screamed and ran as fast as he could with the soul-eater giving chase through the marsh that flanked the field reads. Tahu's fate was determined by how fast he could run and how well he could hide from this devouring monster of Egypt. Although he was dead Tahu still had trouble trying to escape this crocodile-hippo monster that leaped after him while giving chase. None of the cats were after him any more since he had a new predator to give chase. With all his speed Tahu ran as hard and as fast as his legs could carry him before coming to a large cave. This cave was in the ground and lead downward. Seeing this as a way to escape Tahu rushed inside to escape Ammit. Going down Tahu found he was now standing before the many gates of the Egyptian Underworld. He saw the scales and Osiris himself waiting for the next soul to approach him. More than a hundred other souls stood waiting their own turn.
Pottery Maker Tahu was buried with his personal possessions, and food placed in urns. Egypt's sands and dirt covered Tahu's body as the burial ritual came to a close during the day. His corpse was lifeless however his own spirit was aware of the burial. Tahu's spirit watched his own burial. As nightfall came he arose from his own grave leaving his own body with the urns. According to the custom of burying their dead they had to leave food for the loved one's journey through the after life. Tahu had no need for the food for some reason. He was not even hungry since he was dead. Upon emerging from his own grave Tahu found himself in a strange land that was not the desert. Wherever he was it was not covered in sands, but fields of reeds and grass that grew along the Nile's Banks. Then it hit him like a hammer on a nail or a pick on a stone quarry. Were other's aware of where they actually go once the burial ceremony was completed and their living loved ones leave them?
Tahu was about to make his first step inside what they called the afterlife when he heard a meow. For some reason he froze in his tracks. Remembering what was said about cats being the guardians of the underworld Tahu began to run for his life. Through what he perceived as reeds Tahu ran from the source of the meow as it followed him. He felt as though the cats were chasing after him. All he had been told about the underworld and the afterlife were the gates and the possible sentence of going to hell for living a bad life. His feet carried him through the reeds without letting him turn around to see what was chasing him. Tahu ran into what felt like wet ground that turned into a marshy land. He kept going until he bumped into something.
Before him stood a statue carved from granite dedicated to Anubis the god who watched over the dead. In moments Tahu heard the cats again meowing and crying out in warning. Whatever spine he had left shivered and he ran for it running into Ammit. Ammit the demon with the hippo's body and the head of the crocodile reared her head to face the dead soul. He screamed and ran as fast as he could with the soul-eater giving chase through the marsh that flanked the field reads. Tahu's fate was determined by how fast he could run and how well he could hide from this devouring monster of Egypt. Although he was dead Tahu still had trouble trying to escape this crocodile-hippo monster that leaped after him while giving chase. None of the cats were after him any more since he had a new predator to give chase. With all his speed Tahu ran as hard and as fast as his legs could carry him before coming to a large cave. This cave was in the ground and lead downward. Seeing this as a way to escape Tahu rushed inside to escape Ammit. Going down Tahu found he was now standing before the many gates of the Egyptian Underworld. He saw the scales and Osiris himself waiting for the next soul to approach him. More than a hundred other souls stood waiting their own turn.
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