TY - BOOK AU - Darnell,John Coleman AU - Manassa,Colleen TI - The ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books T2 - Writings from the ancient world SN - 0884140458 U1 - 299/.3123 23 KW - Religious literature, Egyptian KW - Translations into English KW - Future life KW - Egypt KW - Religion KW - History KW - Sources KW - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism KW - RELIGION / Comparative Religion KW - Electronic books KW - Translations N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 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 UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/vu.edu.au?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv75d822 ER -