The reason most people believe Kemet was preoccupied with death is a side-effect of the area in which it is located. When Kemet fell to invaders, its temples were co-opted or destroyed, while tombs, hidden in dry, desolate places, were overlooked. Almost three millennia later, while most temples are in ruins and a number of texts have been destroyed, archaeologists find a treasure trove in tombs and cemeteries, and mainly of things one would expect to find in such places: objects associated with death. It is doubtful the Kemetic people were as preoccupied with death as some Egyptologists would have us believe. Extant texts, quite to the contrary, speak of a culture with great respect for life and happiness. The collection of papyri generally referred to as the "Book of the Dead" was known to the people of Kemet as the "Chapters of Coming Forth By Day" and discussed ways in which one would rise from the silence of the grave into glorious rebirth.

See also:
The Virtual Abdju
In Memory, Shemsu Terry Atwood The Mystery of Process