Egyptian Antiquities

The bull Apis

Isis nursing Horus , Virgin and Child and cult of mother goddesses

The “Seated Scribe” of the Louvre museum

King Akhenaten and monotheism

Triad of Osorkon II and concept of Trinity

pharaoh Taharqua

Amulet in the Name of Darius I

Queen Cleopatra

Cybele and Mother's Day

Skeleton Cups, ephemeral present or eternal future?

Scroll Lamp

Janus Head and New Year\'s Day.

Handled Mirror of polished metal

Egypt in the Bible, exact details

Pig Sacrifice and Hanukkah

Artemis of Ephesus and mother-goddess figures.

The Great Sphinx of the Louvre museum

Tilapia fish, Ichthus and monogram emblem of the early Christians

Hapi and the day's Year

Egypt in the time of Joseph

Mastaba, Bible and immortality of the soul

The convent of Sainte - Catherine and biblical manuscript

King Apries, Pharaoh

Goddess Maat carrying the ankh

The decorated Sistrum on the head of the goddess Hathor in Louvre museum

Osiris with her son Horus, Apis and Tammuz

Zodiac of Dendera

The Book of the Dead anonymous and immortality of the soul

Mummy and embalming

Egyptian medicine versus Biblical medecine

Incense, Catholic and Egyptian ritual

Ram\'s mummy and egyptian polytheism

The bull Apis

Isis nursing Horus , Virgin and Child and cult of mother goddesses

The “Seated Scribe” of the Louvre museum

King Akhenaten and monotheism

Triad of Osorkon II and concept of Trinity

pharaoh Taharqua

Amulet in the Name of Darius I

Queen Cleopatra

Cybele and Mother's Day

Skeleton Cups, ephemeral present or eternal future?

Scroll Lamp

Janus Head and New Year\'s Day.

Handled Mirror of polished metal

Egypt in the Bible, exact details

Pig Sacrifice and Hanukkah

Artemis of Ephesus and mother-goddess figures.

The Great Sphinx of the Louvre museum

Tilapia fish, Ichthus and monogram emblem of the early Christians

Hapi and the day's Year

Egypt in the time of Joseph

Mastaba, Bible and immortality of the soul

The convent of Sainte - Catherine and biblical manuscript

King Apries, Pharaoh

Goddess Maat carrying the ankh

The decorated Sistrum on the head of the goddess Hathor in Louvre museum

Osiris with her son Horus, Apis and Tammuz

Zodiac of Dendera

The Book of the Dead anonymous and immortality of the soul

Mummy and embalming

Egyptian medicine versus Biblical medecine

Incense, Catholic and Egyptian ritual

Ram\'s mummy and egyptian polytheism

Mummy and embalming

Mummy covered
with "cardboard" N 2627
Sully Room 15 showcase 1
Ptolemaic Period,
III - II century BC

Linen fabrics, linen coated and painted ("cardboard")

It is mainly for religious reasons that the Egyptians embalmed their dead. Their concept of life after death was related to a desire to stay in contact with the physical world. They believed that their bodies would serve for eternity and would be brought back to life.

Mummy, Bible and Embalming

The Bible mentions only two cases specifically defining embalming.
Both took place in Egypt.
"After that Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel." - Genesis 50:2
Embalming of Joseph, important man, is the last mention of this practice in the Bible.

The preparation of the body of Lazarus shows that the Jewish custom does not include a method of embalming complicated for a long shelf life (John 11:39-44). We just prepared the body with spices and fragrant oils. This was also the case for the body of Jesus (John 19:38-42).

As faithful Jews, Christians understand that the soul dies and the body returns to dust. - Ezekiel 18:4.