CHAPTER III.
_TOMBS_.
The Egyptians regarded man as composed of various different entities, each having its separate life and functions.

First, there was the body; then the _Ka_ or double, which was a less solid duplicate of the corporeal form--a coloured but ethereal projection of the individual, reproducing him feature for feature.

The double of a child was as a child; the double of a woman was as a woman; the double of a man was as a man.

After the double (_Ka_) came the Soul (_Bi_ or _Ba_), which was popularly represented as a human- headed bird; after the Soul came the "_Khu_," or "the Luminous," a spark from the divine fire.

None of these elements were in their own natures imperishable.