The Importance of Being Rich in Ancient Egypt

In ancient Egyptian religion, being rich did not guarantee you access to the afterlife. One story tells of a boy called Sy Azirae who travelled between the worlds of the living and the dead. He saw two funerals, one for a rich man being buried with loads of fancy afterlife kit, and one for a poor man being burial with nothing. The rich guy's heart was too heavy because he had been a bad man. So Azirae took all of his fancy stuff and gave it to the poor guy, who had lived a good life. And the rich guy was punished by having his eye socket used as a door-stop for all eternity.