Amduat

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The Amduat (from Ancient Egyptian: 𓇋𓏶𓇼𓏏𓉐, romanized: jmj-dwꜣt, imi-duat, lit. '[That Which] Is In the Afterworld', also known as Ancient Egyptian: 𓏟𓏛𓈖𓂝𓏏𓏠𓈖𓏏, romanized: zẖꜣ-n-ꜥt-jmnt', zekha-en-at-amenet, lit. 'Text of the Hidden Chamber') (Arabic: كتاب الآخرة, romanized: Kitāb al-ākhirah, lit. 'The Book of the Hereafter') is an important ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom of Egypt. Similar to previous funerary texts, such as the Old Kingdom's Pyramid Texts, or the First Intermediate Period's Coffin Texts, the Amduat was found carved on the internal walls of a pharaoh's tomb. Unlike other funerary texts, however, it was reserved almost exclusively for pharaohs until the Twenty-first Dynasty, or very select nobility. The Amduat tells the story of Ra, the Egyptian sun god who makes a daily journey through the underworld, from the time when the sun sets in the west till it rises again in the east. This is associated with imagery of continual death and rebirth, as the sun 'dies...

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