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The Book of Gates is an ancient Egyptian funerary text dating from the New Kingdom. [1] The Book of Gates is long and detailed, consisting of one hundred scenes. [2] It narrates the passage of a newly deceased soul into the next world journeying with the sun god, Ra, through the underworld during the hours of the night towards his resurrection ...
3rd gate: its guardian snake is "Stinger" while the portal itself is the goddess "Mistress Of Food"; some jackals watch over the "Lake of Life" interdicted to the dead because it is the place where Ra draws his breath. Illustration for the Book of Gates, 9th gate — scene from the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I (c. 1290–1279 BCE).
The Book of Caverns was found directly across from the Book of Gates within the entrance passage on the left wall. [2] Ramesses IV was the first to use Book of Caverns in his tomb. The first (and last) almost complete copy in the Valley of the Kings is the version in the tomb of Ramesses VI.
English: Based on illustrations by Ernst Weidenbach for Richard Lepsius' 1849-1856 multi volume set of books, Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, Band VI ("Monuments from Egypt and Ethiopia", where "Ethiopia" was then a synonym for Nubia). All figures and hieroglyphs are in their same original sequence and order
The earlier Books of the Netherworld, which include the Amduat and the Book of Gates, divided their narratives into twelve parts, symbolizing the twelve hours the sun god spent in the underworld. Later books such as the Book of Caverns and the Book of the Earth used a more sectionalized approach when presenting their narratives. All of these ...
Aker was first described as one of the earth gods guarding the "gate to the yonder site". He protected the deceased king against the three demonic snakes Hemtet, Iqeru and Jagw. By "encircling" (i.e. interring) the deceased king, Aker sealed the deceased away from the poisonous breath of the snake demons.
The Theban Tomb TT33 is an ancient Egyptian tomb. Located in El-Assasif , it is part of the Theban Necropolis on the west bank of the Nile , opposite to Luxor . The tomb is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian Padiamenope , who was Prophet and Chief Lector Priest during the 26th Dynasty .
On both sides are images of Ramesses VI before Ra-Horakhty and Osiris.The scenes originally depicted Ramesses V but were usurped. On the south wall of the corridor begin the scenes from a complete version of the Book of Gates, while the north wall is decorated with an almost complete exemplar of the Book of Caverns. [4]