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Religion Menu  The Soul  Ba bird;  CMC PCD 2001-299-074 There
are three elements to the Egyptian concept of the soul: Ka, Ba
and Akh.    • Ka is the life force or spiritual double of the
person. The royal Ka symbolized a pharaoh's right to rule, a
universal force that passed from one pharaoh to the next.   • Ba
is represented as a human-headed bird that leaves the body when
a person dies. The face of Ba was the exact likeness of that of
the deceased person.   • Akh is the spirit of Re, which
encapsulates the concept of light - the transfigured spirit of a
person that becomes one with light after death. The opposite of
Akh is Mut (dead), the state of a person who has died but has
not been transfigured into light.  Soul-Bird with a Human Face
The ba of Queen Nefertari, representing her unique character,
stood before a false door, an architectural feature found on the
west walls of tombs and mortuary temples. Food would be placed
on an offering table