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The sungod's journey through the netherworld : reading the ancient Egyptian Amduat /
"The ancient Egyptian sources come alive, speaking to us without seeming alien to our modern ways of thinking. Andreas Schweizer invites us to join the nocturnal voyage of the solar barque and to immerse ourselves, with the 'Great Soul' of the sun, into the darkness surrounding us. He...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés Alemán |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword to the German Edition by Erik Hornung; Acknowledgments; Editor's Note; the sungod's journey through the netherworld; Immersion into Darkness; The Amduat-The Book of the Hidden Chamber; The Title of the Amduat; first hour The Jubilation of the Baboons; second hour The Fertile Region of Wernes; third hour Rowing on the Water of Osiris; fourth hour The Snake-Land of Sokar; fifth hour The Mystery of the Cavern of Sokar; sixth hour The Corpse of the Sungod and the Rebirth of Light; seventh hour Apopis, Enemy of the Sun; eighth hour Provision with Clothes.
- Ninth hour The Sungod's Crewtenth hour The Bodyguard of the Sungod; eleventh hour The Renewal of Time; twelfth hour The End of the Primeval Darkness; Closure: The Five Stages of Renewal; Chronology; Glossary; Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index.