To spend a pleasant eternity in the Netherworld, the deceased For the soul of the deceased to reach the Netherworld, one of the most important rituals to be performed was the negative confession, which took place in the Hall of Double Truth. The deceased stood before 42 gods and named all the evil deeds that he or she had never committed during life.
had to be judged by the gods. The first part of the judgment took place in the Hall of Double Truth, where the deceased was confronted by a tribunal of 42 gods. The deceased had to separate himself from evil doings by making a negative confession. It listed all of the evil deeds he had not committed and convinced the gods of his innocence. Once this test was successfully passed, the deceased moved on to the Weighing of the Heart Ceremony.
