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• ISBN 10:0884142760 

• ISBN 13:9780884142768

• Author:John Coleman Darnell  

The first, complete English translation of the ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books

The ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books are among the most extensive religious texts from pharaonic civilization and present humanity’s oldest surviving attempts to provide a scientific map of the unseen realms beyond the visible cosmos. First attested during the middle of the second millennium BCE, the Netherworld Books decorate the walls of the New Kingdom royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The importance of these texts lies in their philosophical and theological speculations about the inner workings of the cosmos, particularly the events of the solar journey through the twelve hours of the night. These important texts describe one of the central mysteries of Egyptian religious belief, the union of the solar god Re with the underworldly god Osiris, and provide information on aspects of Egyptian theology and cosmography more thoroughly than what is presented in the more widely read Book of the Dead.

The Ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books 1st Table of contents:

Series Editor’s Foreword
Preface
List of Figures
List of Plates
Chronological Table
Abbreviations
Explanation of Signs
Introduction
Book of Adoring Re in the West
Book of the Hidden Chamber
Book of Gates
Book of Caverns
The Books of the Creation of the Solar Disk
Books of the Solar-Osirian Unity
Plates
Concordance of Texts
Glossary
Bibliography

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