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​large-scale tomb sculptures that were intended to house the spirit of the deceased if mummification failed were known as

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This is a ka statue (or ka figure). These figures gave a permanent home for the soul if it was not roaming the earth. The Egyptian culture felt that spirits were able to have freedom, but still required a body as a type of surrogate for the body of the deceased.
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