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| | Ancient Egypt: Body and soul - khat, ab, ren, ka, ba, shut, akh, sahu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05) |
 | | The ka was a constant close companion of the body in life and death depicted throughout the pharaonic period following the king and bearing the royal Horus name. |
 | | According to pictures drawn during the 18th dynasty, the ka came into being when a person was born, often depicted as a twin or double, but, unlike the body it belonged to, it was immortal provided it received nourishment. |
 | | In Old Kingdom tombs false or ka doors were supposed to give this spiritual part of the deceased access to the world of the living. |
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