The Egyptian views on the afterlife is that when you died, your soul or ka would be separated from your body and it would later be judge by the god Horus. Horus would weigh your heart against a feather and if your heart was heavier than the feather, you would be able to participate in the afterlife. If it was not heavier, you would not be able to go to the afterlife.
The Greeks believed that the spirit of the body would leave and the deceased body would be prepared for burial with a specific ritual. The body would then be dressed and brought to the cemetery. Not many things were placed in the graves, but the tombs were very decorative to never forget the life of that deceased person. Some of the more lavish ceremonies would have fancier items but the Greek ceremonies were not very lavish for the common people.
Citation- Department of Greek and Roman Art. "Death, Burial, and the Afterlife in Ancient Greece". InHeilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dbag/hd_dbag.htm (October 2003)
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