Leaving the land of the living

'Keku's embalming process is complete. Today, her body will be collected for burial. The funeral procession will soon take place. Isetemkheb and I are thankful that we can purchase an elaborate procession for Keku so our status can be made clear to any onlookers. We will have relatives positioned at either end of her coffin, with two of our female relatives acting the roles of goddesses Isis and Nephthys. There will be people carrying her canopic jars and other goods, while the hired mourners, dancers, musicians and priests will follow.

The procession has reached the edge of the Nile. Join us as we board boats and cross the river to the western side, our favoured location for burials and the land of the dead.

Find out more about funerary boats.'