ENGLISH

The Egyptian Book of Gates

By Erik Hornung

Book information

Publisher
Daimon Verlag
Year
2014
ISBN
395238805X, 9783952388051
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
140 MB (147010848 bytes)
Pages
475\225
Time added
2024-05-02 13:44:39

Description

The Egyptian Book of Gates is the second large Pharaonic Book of the Afterlife after The Egyptian Amduat.The revised English translation is based on the German edition, edited by Erik Hornung.The hieroglyphs and transcriptions are given on the basis of a collation of the extant texts found in different tombs. The main illustrations of the text come from the sarcophagus of Seti I.The 100 scenes of the Book of Gates are furthermore represented with one or more colored illustrations, originating from different sources.

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