บท 50: Chapter 49 The Power of Sekhmet
In the funeral customs of the ancient Egyptians, the body is the lodging place of the soul. Death is only the process of the soul leaving the body. When the soul returns to the body, the dead will be resurrected.
Out of this belief, it is believed that the body of the dead will still be needed and used by the dead again, so the ancient Egyptians invented the technology of mummification, which properly preserves the dead body. The dead body is made into mummies for a long time to wait for the next life.
And what guides the soul of the dead to find his own body and return to the body is the symbol of the soul of the dead - the heart.
This also leads to the fact that in the funeral customs of ancient Egypt, the heart must not leave the body.
Because once the heart is taken out of the body, the soul cannot return to the body, and becomes a lonely ghost, and will never rest in peace.
But there is an exception.
In ancient Egypt, there is no such thing as heaven and the kingdom of God. After death, the souls of all people will be led to the underworld by the god of death Anubis to accept the judgment of the god of the underworld Osiris.
Those who pass the trial can enter Yalu and gain eternal life, and the souls of those who fail to pass the trial will be eaten.
Therefore, there is no saying in ancient Egypt that believing in a certain god can get salvation after death.
However, for the gods, it is not impossible to protect the souls of one or two believers, but it is not good for the gods.
Just like a person would not care about an ant, why should the gods care about a mortal?
Of course, just as some people are obsessed with raising pets and even regard pets as "masters", some humans who can please the gods can also obtain the protection of divine grace.
Some of these people are called the chosen ones of God, and some are called the family. Although there is no consensus, they all have one thing in common: they are all people chosen by the gods.
"In ancient Egypt, Sekhmet would select her patrons from among the powerful warriors and grant them powerful strength. These warriors would sacrifice the enemies they killed to Sekhmet, letting her drink their blood in exchange for more divine favors." The curator pointed to the paintings and texts on the scrolls and explained to Chen Mo and Adebei, "Occasionally, powerful women would be favored by Sekhmet, and they would receive more powerful gifts, one of which was to transform their bodies into the shape of a lion and have the strength of an adult lion."
"Those we met before..." Chen Mo's expression suddenly changed when he heard the curator say this, and his eyes narrowed.
If it was just a high priest, Chen Mo would certainly not be afraid, but if there were gods involved, it would not be something he could handle now.
"Those should be quick-made cannon fodders catalyzed by magic. The real Sekhmet lion warrior needs to hunt a lion by himself and sacrifice it in front of Sekhmet's altar to obtain the power bestowed by Sekhmet. That is a powerful warrior transformed by divine power, not the inferior cannon fodder we encountered before." Facing Chen Mo's guess, the curator shook his head and denied Chen Mo's guess.
Hearing the curator say this, Chen Mo felt relieved, but his fear became stronger.
It's just that the inferior imitations transformed by magic have such strong combat power. If it is a real Sekhmet warrior, how powerful should it be?
With awe and fear of the gods, Chen Mo also coveted the power of the gods.
But now it is obvious that he is not qualified to covet these, let alone Sekhmet, the god of war who is famous in Egyptian mythology.
For Chen Mo, it is more serious to solve the threat brought by Imhotep first.
"These Sekhmet warriors have been dedicated to the gods, both physically and mentally. When they were alive, they pleased the gods by fighting. After death, their souls returned to the gods' realm and continued to fight for the gods. Their bodies also belonged to the gods. They were the medium for the arrival of the lion warriors under Sekhmet who had entered her divine domain and received the baptism of divine power. The mummies of the best warriors among them were even the bodies used by Sekhmet herself when she descended from the gods." The curator stated an astonishing fact and emphasized: "If Ansuna is Sekhmet, If Hemet's warrior is the warrior chosen by God, then her body is likely to be the container for Sekhmet's descent!
This is why Imhotep wants to steal the Black Book of the Dead and must come to Hamunatta to resurrect Ansuna, because only here can he summon Ansuna's soul back with the power of Anubis, the god of death, and return to Ansuna's own body.
Otherwise, if he is resurrected in other places, even if Imhotep is the high priest and holds the Black Book of the Dead in his hand, he cannot summon Ansuna's soul back from Sekhmet! "
"If that's the case, why didn't Imhotep come to Hamunatta? I don't think he gave up resurrecting Ansuna. "Adebei, who was listening to the discussion between Chen Mo and the curator, suddenly frowned and asked.
This problem also troubled the curator and Chen Mo. In fact, according to the original movie plot, Imhotep went back to Hamunatta directly after obtaining the Black Book of the Dead and Evelyn, the sacrifice he chose, and gave up control of Cairo, thinking only of resurrecting Ansuna.
But now he did not rush back to Hamunaptra, but stayed in Cairo, with a tendency to occupy the land as the king.
This was really not in line with Imhotep's style, unless there was something unexpected that they didn't know about.
"Director, what does Imhotep need to revive Ansuna?" Chen Mo sorted out his thoughts and decided to deduce it again from the beginning to see if there was anything he had missed: "In addition to the corpse and the funeral urn containing the internal organs, are there any other necessities?"
Hearing Chen Mo's question, the curator also fell into thought. After thinking for a long time, he opened his mouth to answer: "It's not easy for me to answer you, because different resurrection ceremonies require different things, but the corpse and funeral urn you mentioned are indeed necessities.
In addition, with Ansuna's identity, if Imhotep wants to revive her in other places, he will also need an altar of Sekhmet. However, if he chooses Hamunaptra, it will be much simpler. The underground of Hamunaptra is the most suitable place in Egypt for resurrection ceremonies. The underground springs lead directly to the Styx, which can easily bring the souls of the dead back from the underworld."
"Really? Is Ansuna's body also buried in Hamunatta? If so, I think we should ask Miss Evelyn to help find the body." Chen Mo didn't know what Imhotep wanted to do, but he expected that after getting Ansuna's body, Imhotep would have to come and grab the body no matter what his plan was.
(End of this chapter)
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