THE following pages are intended to place before the reader in a handy form an account of the principal ideas and beliefs held by the ancient Egyptians concerning the resurrection and the future life, which is derived wholly from native religious works. The literature of Egypt which deals with these subjects is large and, as was to be expected, the product of different periods which, taken together, cover several thousands of years; and it is exceedingly difficult at times to reconcile the statements and beliefs of a writer of one period with those of a writer of another. Up to the present no systematic account of the doctrine of the resurrection and of the future life has been discovered, and there is no reason for hoping that such a thing will ever be found, for the Egyptians do not appear to have thought that it was necessary to write a work of the kind. The inherent difficulty of the subject, and the natural impossibility that different men living indifferent places and at different times should think alike on matters which must, after all, belong always to the region of faith, render it more than probable that no college of priests, however powerful, was able to formulate a system of beliefs which would be received throughout Egypt by the clergy and the laity alike, and would. be copied by the scribes as a final and authoritative work on Egyptian eschatology. Besides this, the genius and structure of the Egyptian language are such as to preclude the possibility of composing in it works of a philosophical or metaphysical character in the true sense of the words. In spite of these difficulties, however, it is possible to collect a great deal of important information on the subject from the funereal and religious works which have come down to us, especially concerning the great central idea of immortality, which existed unchanged for thousands of years, and formed the pivot upon which the religious and social life of the ancient Egyptians actually turned. From the beginning to the end of his life the Egyptian’s chief thought was of the life beyond the grave, and the hewing of his tomb in the rock, and the providing of its furniture, every detail of which was prescribed by the custom of the country, absorbed the best thoughts of his mind and a large share of his worldly goods, and kept him ever mindful of the time when his mummifiedbody, would be borne to his "everlasting house" in the limestone plateau or bill. ……文件密码：www.zhiyinshe.com下载地址回复可见：游客，如果您要查看本帖隐藏内容请回复
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摘要：《EGYPTIAN IDEAS OF THE FUTURE LIFE》是一本书，主要探讨古埃及人关于来世的思想。本文将从四个方面对这本书进行详细阐述。
《EGYPTIAN IDEAS OF THE FUTURE LIFE》是一本探讨古埃及人来世观的书籍。古埃及人相信来世是一个永恒的世界，通过一系列的仪式和仪式可以保证灵魂的永恒存在。他们相信来世是一个奖惩并存的世界，而且准备工作对来世的幸福和安宁至关重要。古埃及人关于来世的思想对他们的生活和行为产生了深远的影响。通过遵守神的规定和准备来世，他们相信可以获得永恒的幸福和快乐。
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