Ancient Egyptian concepts relating to afterlife and some misunderstandings surrounding them

Ancient Egyptian religious concepts and ideas about what happens to a person after his death have been a point of interest to foreigners like ancient Greeks visiting Egypt who received the ideas of Egyptians with awe and curiosity.  European scholars continued this interest with increasing intensity starting from the Renaissance which later became a central question to European depictions of ancient Egypt. But as Egyptologists learn more and more about ancient Egypt, it is becoming clearer that our notions of ancient Egyptian afterlife concepts are largely influenced by the cultural contexts of 19th century (and earlier) scholars. During this talk a few interesting notions of ancient Egyptian afterlife and some ways they might have been misconstrued will be presented.