So I know its talked about in writing and religious views, but with the story about weighing people's hearts, did they actually weigh hearts during mumification? As in was this part of the process, or just a story they will tell.
The reason why I am asking is do the people do the judging or its it like an after life thing where it is said you will meet God's to judge you.
Lastly IF it is true that the people performing the mumification are the ones to judge, what would they do with the people who do not pass the test?
Thanks and I hope my questions are easy to follow.
No, the weighing of the heart took place in the afterlife, according to their belief, as far as we know from the Book of the Dead. Anubis would weigh your heart against a feather, and if the heart was lighter than the feather, you were allowed to pass into the good afterlife. This was a spiritual process, not a physical one. It wasn't the physical heart that was being weighed, but the virtues and misdeeds of a person. Egyptians would not physically remove the hearts of corpses. During the process of mummification (which was mostly for the well-to-do), the body would be dried and all organs except the heart would be removed, as the heart was believed to be the core of a person's being.
For examples of mummies and the details of mummification, you can check out the Smithsonian. They have a good article on it.