The Book of Gates and the Am-Tuat by E. A. Wallis Budge
The Book of Gates and the Egyptian Heaven Am-Tuat are the Ancient Egyptian cosmological treatises describing the architecture and inhabitants of the Tuat, the underworld which the boat of the Sun God, Ra, traverses during the night hours. The Book of Gates describes the passage of a newly deceased soul into the next world, corresponding to the journey […]
Legend of the Gods
Legend of the Gods is preserved in a papyrus in the British Museum. This papyrus was acquired by the late Mr. A. H. Rhind in 1861 or 1862, when he was excavating some tombs on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes. He did not himself find it in a tomb, but he received […]
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Egyptian Book of the Dead or The Egyptian Book of Living & Dying was initially published in modern times in the aftermath of Napoleon’s expeditions to Egypt. First, the Egyptian Book of the Dead was considered to be the ‘Bible‘ of ancient Egypt and was therefore treated with great respect and consideration. The Book of the […]