Essays on Afterlife

Throughout all of humankind there have always been different stories regarding the afterlife. From Christianity to ancient greeks. Today however I will be writing about hell and the many instances in which it has shown up throughout history. While hell as existed for a long…

People in ancient Mesopotamia had a unique way of looking at life and afterlife, and when compared to the ideology of people at a similar time from slightly different cultures and geography, Mesopotamian culture was especially strange. By analyzing literary texts such as The Epic…

The Book of the Dead The Book of the Dead is an Egyptian funerary text which contains information which is intended to aid in the journey of the departed through the underworld. This information takes the form of vignettes and hieroglyphics (Mark). Some vignettes also…