The ancient Egyptians believed in a life after death and thought that the soul would continue to exist and be judged by the gods. They also believed that the body would be mummified to ensure that it could be brought back to life in the afterlife. Additionally, they believed that the afterlife was divided into two parts: the mortal realm and the divine realm, and that the dead could only reach the divine realm if their heart was weighed against the feather of truth in the scales of Ma'at.