82: That Which Is In The Underworld
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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...
Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com
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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...
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Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com.
Select Bibliography:
Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife, 1999.
Erik Hornung, Texte zum Amduat, 1987.
Erik Hornung, Valley of the Kings: Horizon of Eternity, 1990.
Emily Teeter, Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt, 2011.
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