Cigarette Card

Cavanders “Ancient Egypt” Cigarette Card #25 “Soul Returning to Body”. Produced in 1928.

Text on reverse of card reads:

“The Egyptians considered the resurrection of the body as the means necessary to life after death. Accordingly they embalmed the body with care; and their paintings show the spirit or soul in form of a bird, again returning to the mummy and putting life and breath into its mouth, while the god Anub is is preparing to unwrap the bandages. They believed that without the body no future life could be enjoyed.”