The Egyptian Heaven and Hell: Volume I (Books on Egypt and Chaldaea, 20)

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This is the first of three volumes, first published in 1906, which explore the Egyptian theology of the afterlife. It contains the complete hieroglyphic text of the Book Åm-Tuat, with translations and reproductions of all the illustrations. This text, at least in the form that we have it, was produced by the priests of Åmen-R? at Thebes, with the intention of demonstrating that their god was the overlord of all the gods, and the supreme power in the universe. The object of all the Books of the Other World was to provide the dead with a ‘guide’ or ‘handbook,’ containing a description of the regions through which their souls would have to pass on their way to the Kingdom of Osiris, and which would supply them with the words of power and magical names necessary for an unimpeded journey from this world to the next. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Table of Contents THE BOOK ÅM-TUAT:— THE TITLE OF THE WORK CHAPTER I. THE FIRST DIVISION, OR WESTERN VESTIBULE, OF THE TUAT, CALLED NET-RA. With 8 Illustrations CHAPTER II. THE SECOND DIVISION OF THE TUAT, CALLED URNES. With 11 Illustrations CHAPTER III. THE THIRD DIVISION OF THE TUAT, CALLED NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT. With 13 Illustrations CHAPTER IV. THE FOURTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, CALLED ANKHET-KHEPERU. With 7 Illustrations CHAPTER V. THE FIFTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, CALLED ÅMENT. With 8 Illustrations CHAPTER VI. THE SIXTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, CALLED METCHET-MU-NEBT-TUAT, With 19 Illustrations CHAPTER VII. THE SEVENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, CALLED THEPHET-SHETA. With 18 Illnstrations CHAPTER VIII. THE EIGHTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, CALLED TEBAT-NETERU-S. With 17 Illustrations CHAPTER IX. THE NINTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, CALLED BEST ÅRU- ANKHET-KHEPERU. With 18 Illustration CHAPTER X. THE TENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, CALLED METET-QA-UTCHEBU. With 22 Illustrations CHAPTER XI. THE ELEVENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, CALLED RE-EN-QERERT-ÅPT-KHATU. With 26 Illustrations CHAPTER XII. THE TWELFTH DIVISION, OR EASTERN VESTIBULE, OF THE TUAT, CALLED KHEPER-KEKIU-KHAU-MESTU. With 13 Illustrations