JR+Death&Afterlife+why+royals+kill+slaves

= __Why did royals kill their slaves and put personal belongings in their coffins when a pharoah died? __ = === The royals killed their slaves so they could serve the pharoah in the afterlife, however this was very rare. The slaves were thrown in the tomb either dead or alive, so you don't know if they were happy or sad about it. Wealthy Egyptians were ﻿  **buried with their luxury items so they could live their next life in the afterlife. Relatives were supposed to bring food to the tomb and pray for** the pharoah to get into the afterlife. ===

=== Egyptians believed that food was magically transported to the dead. Most of the royals were mummified so they could move on to the afterlife. The things they packed with the dead included writing materials, wigs, clothing, food, water and hairdressing supplies. ===

=== Sometimes pets were buried with them, dead or alive. Pictures on the tomb walls might have included a triangle shape which meant food and other pictures which meant games or furniture. Funerary boats were also used in some burials, so the dead could travel across the skies with the gods. ===

__Modern comparison [[image:Pathfinder_ggiordano_deathpractice.jpg width="238" height="160" align="right" caption="photo supplied by google images"]]__
=== Today we don't have slaves or kill them. We don't take food or other luxury items when we die because we have different beliefs to the ancient Egyptians, There could be some religions today that might take food or water when they die but it's not a common thing like it was in old Egypt. ===

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