Which statement is true concerning the significance of the heart in the Egyptian ritual of "last judgment"?
A. It encompassed a duality of good and bad aspects of an individual's life.
B. For the deceased to pass into the afterlife, the heart had to outweigh an ostrich feather to indicate that an abundance of goodness had accumulated in that lifetime.
C. The last judgment tested the balance of emotional life against rationality'a life of the heart versus a life of the mind (symbolized by a feather), so a "heavy" heart would fail.
D. If the deceased failed the last judgment for having lived a "heartless" life, the heart was removed from the body and destroyed before burial.
Answer: A
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