THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT

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The Amduat (literally "That Which Is In the Afterworld", also translated as "Text of the Hidden Chamber Which is in the Underworld" and "Book of What is in the Underworld") is an important ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom of Egypt. Like many funerary texts, it was found written on the inside of the pharaoh's tomb for reference. Unlike other funerary texts, however, it was reserved only for pharaohs (until the Twenty-first Dynasty almost exclusively) or very favored nobility.

It tells the story of Ra, the Egyptian sun god who travels through the underworld, from the time when the sun sets in the west and rises again in the east. It is said that the dead Pharaoh is taking this same journey, ultimately to become one with Ra and live forever.

The underworld is divided into twelve hours of the night, each representing different allies and enemies for the Pharaoh/sun god to encounter. The Amduat names all of these gods and monsters. The main purpose of the Amduat is to give the names of these gods and monsters to the spirit of the dead Pharaoh, so he can call upon them for help or use their name to defeat them.

As well as enumerating and naming the inhabitants of the Duat, both good and bad, the illustrations of the work show clearly the topography of the underworld. The earliest complete version of the Amduat is found in KV34, the tomb of Thutmose III in the Valley of the Kings.

The Book of Am-Tuat is an Ancient Egyptian cosmological treatise which describes the Duat, the underworld that the boat of the Sun God, Ra, traverses during the night hours. Each chapter deals with one of the twelve hours of the night. A hallucinogenic travelogue of the netherworld, this extensively illustrated book depicts hundreds of gods and goddesses that appear nowhere else in the literature.

This Book of Am-Tuat app includes:

☥ The Book Am-Tuat: the Title of the Work

☥ Chapter I: The First Division of the Tuat, Which Is Called Net-Ra

☥ Chapter II: The Second Division of the Tuat, Which is Called Urnes

☥ Chapter III: The Third Division Of The Tuat, Which Is Called Net-Neb-Ua-Kheper-Aut

☥ Chapter IV: The Fourth Division of the Tuat, Which Is Called Ankhet-Kheperu

☥ Chapter V: The Fifth Division of the Tuat, Which Is Called Ament

☥ Chapter VI. The Sixth Division of the Tuat, Which Is Called Metchet-Mu-Nebt-Tuat.

☥ Chapter VII. The Seventh Division of the Tuat, Which Is Called Thephet-Asar

☥ Chapter VIII. The Eighth Division of the Tuat, Which Is Called Tebat-Neteru-s

☥ Chapter IX. The Ninth Division of the Tuat, Which Is Called Best-Aru-Ankhet-Kheperu

☥ Chapter X. The Tenth Division of the Tuat, Which Is Called Metet-Qa-Utchebu

☥ Chapter XI. The Eleventh Division of the Tuat, Which Is Called Re-En-Qerert-Apt-Khatu

☥ Chapter XII. The Twelfth Division of the Tuat, Which Is Called Then-Neteru

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