The History of Egypt Podcast28 Aug 2017

82: The Amduat (Underworld of the Pharaohs)

Interlude: A Royal Journey Through the Underworld. Rulers of the 18th Dynasty decorated their tombs with lavish images of the underworld, which we know as the Duat. These scenes, and texts, reveal a complex story of Re's journey beneath the western horizon, through the nether, and ultimately into a cosmic re-birth. Along the way he crossed waters and deserts, faced demons and monsters, and even met with his own corpse... Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com. Select Bibliography: Darnell, J. C., & Manassa Darnell, C. (2018). The Ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books. Hornung, E., & Abt, T. (2010). The Egyptian Amduat: The Book of the Hidden Chamber (D. Warburton, Trans.; Revised). Richter, B. A. (2008). The Amduat and Its Relationship to the Architecture of Early 18th Dynasty Royal Burial Chambers. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 44, 73–104. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27801622 Roberson, J. A. (2016). The Royal Funerary Books: The Subject Matter of Scenes and Texts. In K. R. Weeks & R. H. Wilkinson (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings (pp. 316--332). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199931637.013.021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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