In order for the “ka” to survive, the dead pharaoh’s body was mummified and buried with all the things it would need for the afterlife. A method of artificial preservation, called mummification was developed by the ancient Egyptians. Mummification was a complicated and lengthy process which lasted up to 70 days.
Pharaoh’s continued to be buried in pyramids until the end of the Middle Kingdom 1650BC when they began to be buried in tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
Anubis was the god