NON OMNIS MORIAR. REFLECTION ON “RITE DE PASSAGE” IN THE OLD KINGDOM
NON OMNIS MORIAR. REFLECTION ON “RITE DE PASSAGE” IN THE OLD KINGDOM

Summary/Abstract: In ancient Egypt death was the beginning of a passage into the eternal world of the dead. It began at the house of the deceased and ended in the necropolis. Man as a unity of spiritual and corporal elements ceased to exist. Appropriate rituals needed to be performed in order to permit his rejoining and return to life. These were the rituals of Opening of the Mouth, Transformation into Ax, Feeding of Ax and Breaking of Red Vessels.

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