Examples of ka in the following topics:
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- Ka statues, which were meant to provide a resting place for the ka part of the soul, were present in tombs as of Dynasty IV (2680-2565 BCE).
- The ka statue was placed in the tomb to provide a physical place for the ka to manifest.
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- They believed humans possessed ka, or life-force, which left the body at death.
- To endure after death, the ka must continue to receive offerings of food; it could consume the spiritual essence of it.
- Funeral rites were meant to release the ba so it could move, rejoin with the ka, and live on as an akh.
- If so, the ka and ba were united into an akh, which then either traveled to the lush underworld, or traveled with Ra on his daily journey, or even returned to the world of the living to carry out magic.
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- The most important of these cities was Mecca, which was an important center of trade in the area, as well as the location of the Kaaba (or Ka'ba), one of the most revered shrines in polytheistic Arabia.
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- Those not living in the mountains formed small city-states such as Toron, Ka-Ba and Niani.