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1 online resource (317 pages) |
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Routledge Revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Note; Table of Contents; THE SHORT FORM OF THE BOOK ȦM-TỤAT; FIRST HOUR; SECOND HOUR; THIRD HOUR; FOURTH HOUR; FIFTH HOUR; SIXTH HOUR; SEVENTH HOUR; EIGHT HOUR; NINTH HOUR; TENTH HOUR; ELEVENTH HOUR; TWELETH HOUR; THE BOOK OF GATES; CHAPTER I. THE ALABASTER SARCOPHAGUS OF SETI I; APPENDIX: BELZONI'S ACCOUNT OF HIS DISCOVERY OF THE TOMB OF SETI I; CHAPTER II. THE WESTERN VESTIBULE, OR ANTE-CHAMBER OF THE TỤAT, SET-ȦMENTET, GUARDED BY SET AND TAT. With 2 Illustrations; CHAPTER III. THE FIRST GATE, GUARDED BY SAA-SET. With 10 Illustrations |
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CHAPTER IV. THE SECOND GATE, SEPTẸT-UAUAU, GUARDED BY AQEBI. With 7 IllustrationsCHAPTER V. THE THIRD GATE, NEBT-S-TCHEFAU, GUARDED BY TCHETḄI. With 10 Illustrations; CHAPTER VI. THE FOURTH GATE, ȦRIT, GUARDED BY TEKA-HṚȦ. With 11 Illustrations; CHAPTER VII. THE JUDGMENT HALL OF OSIRIS. With 1 Illustration; CHAPTER VIII. THE FIFTH GATE, NEBT-ĀHẠ̄, GUARDED BY SET-EM-MAAT-F. With 4 Illustrations; CHAPTER IX. THE SIXTH GATE, PESTỊT, GUARDED BY ĀKHA-EN-MAAT. With 27 Illustrations; CHAPTER X. THE SEVENTH GATE, BEKHKHI, GUARDED BY SET-HṚȦ. With 9 Illustrations |
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CHAPTER XI. THE EIGHTH GATE, ĀAT-SHEFSHEFT, GUARDED BY ȦB-TA. With 12 IllustrationsCHAPTER XII. THE NINTH GATE, TCHESERIT, GUARDED BY SETHU. With 10 Illustrations; CHAPTER XIII. THE TENTH GATE, SHETAT-BESU, GUARDED BY ȦM-NETU-F. With 12 Illustrations; CHAPTER XIV. THE ELEVENTH GATE, TẸSERT-BAIU GUARDED BY SEBI AND RERI, OR THE EASTERN VESTIBULE OF THE TỤAT. With 2 Illustrations |
| Summary |
This is the second of three volumes, first published in 1906, which explore the Egyptian theology of the afterlife. It contains the complete hieroglyphic text of the short form of the Åm-Tuat and of the Book of Gates, with translations and reproductions of all the illustrations. In the Book of Gates the doctrines of the sophisticated cult of Osiris are prominent: they affirm that the beatified live for ever in the kingdom of Osiris, and feed daily upon his eternal body. The object of all the Books of the Other World was to provide the dead with a 'guide' or 'handbook, ' containing a d |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Eschatology, Egyptian.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Eschatology, Egyptian
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317649571 |
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1317649575 |
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