The ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books / John Coleman Darnell and Colleen Manassa Darnell.

By:

Darnell, John Coleman [author,, translator.]

Contributor(s):

Manassa, Colleen [author,, translator.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Egyptian Series: Writings from the ancient world ; no. 39.Description: 1 online resource (xxxvii, 685 pages)ISBN:

0884140458
9780884140450

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books.DDC classification:

299/.3123 23

Online resources:

Full-text via Books at JSTOR Demand Driven Acquisitions

Contents:

Introduction; Main themes of the Netherworld books; Royal tombs of the New Kingdom; Development of tomb decoration and use of Netherworld Books; Netherworld Books in temple settings; Function of the Netherworld Books; Topography of the netherworld books: conceptions of space and time; Dating the Netherworld Books; Cryptography in the Netherworld Books; Post-New Kingdom uses of the Netherworld Books; A note on the translations -- Book of adoring Re in the West -- Book of the Hidden Chamber -- Book of gates -- Book of caverns -- Books of the creation of the solar disk -- Books of the Solar-Osirian unity.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Materials specified	Status
E-Book	Reformational Study Centre General library	299.3123 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Writings from the ancient world (Number 39)	Available

Includes bibliographical references.

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