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	Amduat: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Amduat
		The Amduat (literally "That Which Is In the Afterworld") is an important Ancient Egyptian funerary text[?] of the New Kingdom[?].
		In fact, this is a prime purpose of the Amduat: to provide the names of these creatures to the spirit of the dead pharaoh, so he can call upon them for aid or use their name to defeat them.
		The earliest complete version of the Amduat is found in the tomb of Thutmose III.
	www.encyclopedian.com /am/Amduat.html (222 words)

	The Quest for Immortality
		The Amduat, a text that was reserved for royalty, describes the deceased king’s union with Re, the sun god who descends on a solar boat into the dangerous realm of the underworld where he brings eternal life to the dead.
		In some cases the Amduat was written on papyrus scrolls, but in the case of Thutmose III, the entire book is painted on the walls of his tomb.
		This tomb with its Amduat text is recreated in its entirety as part of the exhibition.
	www.daytonartinstitute.org /exhibits/egypt/lm_afterlife.htm (1129 words)

	Egypt tomb of Sethi I
		It describes, through representations and texts, the voyage of the solar god in the underground world of sleeping with the rising of the star, the union of the Ba of the solar god with his body and the rejuvenation of the god in the depths of the ground and Nun.
		These two chapters of the Amduat are devoted to the cave of Sokaris, "That which is on its sand, the Master of the place of towing", god of the necropolis of Memphis identified with Osiris in the New Kingdom.
		The 7th hour of the Amduat, on the left of the entry, is partly devoted to the destruction of Apophis and the enemies of the solar god which could threaten Re after his body and his Ba were joined and when he starts to wake up with a new life.
	www.osirisnet.net /tombes/pharaons/seti1/e_seti1.htm (4412 words)

	Exhibitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A highlight of The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt is a life-sized facsimile of the burial chamber of the New Kingdom pharaoh Thutmose III, who ruled Egypt in the 15th century B.C. The original chamber is part of the pharaoh’s tomb complex in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.
		The chamber measures approximately 50 x 29 x 10 feet (15.2 x 8.8 x 3 meters), and its walls are fully covered with the first known complete copy of the Amduat, an illustrated funerary text intended as a guidebook to the afterlife, primarily for pharaohs.
		Amduat means “what is in the netherworld,” and it was believed that by describing the afterlife it would aid the king, for to possess knowledge of something was to have power over it.
	www.kimbellart.org /exhibitions/exh_file.cfm?id=99 (417 words)

	English Titles by Theodor Abt / Erik Hornung
		The Amduat is a description of the journey of the Sungod through the nightworld, that is also the world of the deceased.
		The entire Amduat could be called the first «scientific publication» of humankind describing or mapping the dangers, but also the regenerative capabilities of the nightworld, providing answers to basic human questions.
		The aim of the Amduat is that the reader becomes conscious of the guiding function of the inner Sungod or of the «inner great human».
	www.daimon.ch /AbtHorn4.htm (1081 words)

	Tomb of Tuthmosis III (KV34) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The vestibule has two pillars, and is decorated with the 741 divinities of the Amduat that generate the daily sun.
		Amduat meant "that which there is in the afterlife", and the book is divided into twelve parts, representing the hours of the night.
		On the two square pillars of the burial chamber, and for the first time, passages are found from the Litanies of Re on seven of the surfaces, and on the eighth a unique scene in which the king is shown being nursed by a divine tree goddess labeled "Isis".
	swc2.hccs.cc.tx.us /proberts/gallery/html/don_ritchson/files/tuthmose3.html (619 words)

	The Quest for Immortality
		first-known complete copy of the Amduat, an illustrated funerary text intended as a guidebook to the afterlife, primarily for pharaohs.
		Written in hieroglyphs and depicting hundreds of images of deities, demons, and the blessed dead, the Amduat is divided into the twelve hours of night.
		The text relates the events during the sun’s nocturnal journey from dusk to dawn, from death to resurrection.
	www.daytonartinstitute.org /exhibits/egypt/ex_tomb.htm (428 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: Amduat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Amduat (literally "That Which Is In the Afterworld") is an important
		In fact, this is a prime purpose of the Amduat: to provide the names of these
		The earliest complete version of the Amduat is found in the tomb of
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/am/amduat.htm (248 words)

	KV-34, tomb of Tuthmosis III
		For the first time the tomb was decorated by being plastered and then painted (earlier tombs had scenes of the Amduat which had been painted onto limestone blocks placed onto the walls of the burial chamber - for example; the tomb of Hatshepsut).
		The antechamber is supported by two pillars and the walls painted with lists of the 741 gods from the Underworld, or the Amduat from 1st to the 12th Divisions.
		The fourth hour of the Amduat, the water channel on which the sun bark sails is now interupted with doors and a zigzag sand road - to pass these obsticales the sun changes itself into a snake.
	www.members.tripod.com /~ib205/kv34.html (630 words)

	Life Beyond the Tomb: The Amduat
		The Amduat (meaning 'that which is in the underworld') is one of a number of funerary texts that belong to a separate literary tradition from the Book of the Dead.
		The Amduat focuses on the journey of the sun god through the twelve regions of the underworld.
		The Amduat is most commonly found written on the walls of royal tombs but occasionally appears on papyrus.
	www.amonline.net.au /life/journey/amduat.cfm (195 words)

	The Book of Gates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While some authorities, such as Hartwig Altenmuller, believe that, because of its similarity to the Amduat, it sprang from a time prior to Egypt's New Kingdom, others think it may better be attributable to the Amarna period.
		As in the Amduat, the first hour of the night has a special position with a structure that differs from the remainder of the composition.
		However, beginning with the tomb of Seti I, this judgment scene is replaced by one depicting the king before the enthroned (and later standing) Osiris, so that no longer are the dead judged, but rather the king is identified with the ruler of the dead.
	touregypt.net /featurestories/bookofgates.htm (3756 words)

	Ancient Egyptian Texts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This book is the earliest of all funerary text, and documents the sun god's journey through the 12 divisions of the underworld, beginning on the western horizon and reappearing as Kehpri, the newborn sun in the East.
		Amduat can be interpreted to mean, "That Which Is in the Underworld".
		Like the Amduat, but somewhat of a more sophisticated text, this book references the hours of the night, but referred to as the 12 gates and emphasis is placed on the gates as barriers.
	www.crystalinks.com /egyptexts.html (3318 words)

	Amduat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		AMDUAT - The Book of the Hidden Chamber, c.
		The Amduat, however, was reserved for Kings and High Priests.
		It describes the journey of the deceased through the underworld, identified not only with Osiris (Asar), but also with the journey of the Sun through the hours of the night to Dawn.
	www.williamblakeoto.org /showcase/amduat.html (1372 words)

	EVENT REVIEW: A Glimpse of the Afterlife -- Museum of Science Exhibit Features Treasures from Ancient Egypt
		The Amduat was an illustrated guide to the afterlife, containing spells and instructions, all intended to direct the deceased pharaoh toward the sunrise, which symbolized immortal rebirth to the ancient Egyptians.
		The Amduat is written in hieroglyphics and accompanied by images of deities, demons, and the blessed dead of the afterlife.
		The text is divided into the twelve hours of the night, symbolizing the journey of the sun from dusk until dawn, and visitors are able to experience the perils and triumphs that the sun encounters along the way.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V122/N57/MS_Egypt.57a.html (994 words)

	Dienekes' Anthropology Blog: The Classical Origin of Psychoanalysis
		Psychological concepts presented in the AmDuat, and egyptian spirituality in general have genetic relations with larger Nilotic African beleifs regarding the soul, dreams, and mental health.
		The amduat is a text which describes the souls nocturnal journey into the underworld/unconscious.
		The amduat is a psychological treatise regarding archetypes and unconscious activity described via Egyptian symbolism.
	dienekes.ifreepages.com /blog/archives/000130.html (421 words)

	Eternal Egypt - The Burial Chamber of Tutankhamun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Amduat, also called "Book of What is in the Underworld", is a corpus of funerary texts and vignettes.
		The walls of the shrines were decorated both inside and out with texts and vignettes, or scenes, from the Book of What is in the Underworld, "The Amduat," and from the Book of the Sacred Cow, "The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind." These texts protect the king in his journey in the underworld.
		The smallest shrine of the burial chamber contained a rectangular quartzite sarcophagus with a granite lid.
	www.eternalegypt.org /EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.display.module&module_id=63&language_id=1&story_id=7 (265 words)

	Book of Gates
		It appears in the Valley of the Kings in the tomb of Horemheb, then in the one of the first representative of the 19th Dynasty, Ramesses I. It represents one of the books describing the nocturnal journey of the sun.
		As with The Amduat, the Book of Gates is divided in sections and takes the general description of the nocturnal journey of the sun in a barque with a framework including three registers.
		For example, in the section coming after the third gate (the fourth hour), time is symbolised by a long snake framed by twelve feminine forms, of the goddesses who guide the god sun and whose "face belongs in darkness and whose back is to the light".
	www.osirisnet.net /docu/livres_funeraires/livre_des_portes/e_livre_des_portes.htm (1598 words)

	Old Scroll Gets New Home -- Explore Vol. 2 No. 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Its images and hieroglyphics are instructions about how to travel through the underworld during the 12 hours of the night that begins at sunset on the day of the nobleman's death.
		There are only about 35 Amduats in the world -- not every Joe or Jane Nile took one to his or her grave.
		In the Amduat, Sobek is associated with Re, a still greater God.
	www.research.ku.edu /explore/v2n2/scroll.html (253 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Features - Journey to eternal life of Pharaoh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Amduat is the oldest illustrated book on the subject, and Thutmose's tomb is the oldest discovered burial site featuring the entire book.
		Meaning "that which is in the netherworld", the Book of the Dead (which got a starring role in the recent The Mummy movies series) was believed to contain the secret to eternal life, holding the knowledge that was needed to pass from this world to the next.
		And the Amduat contained crucial knowledge to help them pass a series of tests to see if they were worthy of immortality - helping them to use their wits and knowledge, including magic, to beat demons and serpents.
	news.scotsman.com /features.cfm?id=2077602005 (1106 words)

	KV-35, inscriptions and decorations
		This decoration depicts the 1st to the 12th divisions of the Amduat in a very similar style and manner to that found in the tomb of Tuthmosis III (Amenhotep II's predecsor) - KV34.
		The 2nd hour of the Amduat, the solar bark moves past the fields of the Netherworld accompanied by other boats.
		In the bottom register gods present plants to Re and the followers of Re 7th Hour of the Amduat - top register Osiris sits (while ringed by the Mehen snake) while a god with cat ears punishes enemies.
	www.members.tripod.com /~ib205/kv35.html (269 words)

	KV
		In the background can be seen one of four smaller chambers which would have once held some of the pharaoh's treasures.
		Pictured here in the antechamber is part of the section that lists the 741 divinities of the Amduat.
		The Amduat tells the story of the sun god's journey through the underworld.
	www.egyptinteractive.com /EgyptTour/KV.htm (295 words)

	An Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld From A Shrine of Tutankhamun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Engraved on the second gilded shrine of Tutankhamun, discovered in his tomb by Howard Carter, was two parts of a book that is completely unique, though they do seem to have similarities to two scenes from the Amduat which were depicted on the child king's third shrine.
		In fact, these texts are designated as an "amduat", which here for the very first time the term is used to describe a netherworld text in general rather than the specific text to which it is normally applied.
		This text is divided into three registers, similar to the more familiar Amduat and within, the solar barque is absent.
	touregypt.net /featurestories/enigmatic.htm (1682 words)

	CULTUREFOCUS: Ancient Egypt. Valley of the Kings, pictures and history.
		The pharaoh believed that after his burial to the west of Thebes, where the sun was seen to set, he would unite with the sun god and then be reborn as one with Re in the eastern sky at dawn.
		Scene from the Amduat in the tomb of Tuthmosis III, one of the earliest in the Valley of the Kings.
		The Amduat (meaning 'that which is in the underworld') is the oldest funerary text found in the New Kingdom tombs.
	www.culturefocus.com /egypt_valley-of-kings.htm (1230 words)

	Theosophical Society in America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Amduat made its appearance in the United States as part of the exhibit “The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt,” which toured the country in 2002.
		The central figure in the Amduat drama is Re—but the figure of Re is depicted as enclosed within a tabernacle or canopy.
		Not only in the Amduat but in other texts as well, the Egyptians referred to “god who is in man” (Hornung).
	www.theosophical.org /theosophy/questmagazine/mayjune03/Stewart (2852 words)

	Then The road Of Entities 2.: Nierika (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A more literal translation of The Amduat can be found here.
		Whilst The Amduat has no such 'separation'...You are in the boat with the pharaoh.
		Whilst the Amduat seems to be saying that all one needs to do is to 'ride with the pharaoh', to be aware that ones soul is slipping away through 'dark waters' but that 'immortality' awaits at the end of a long journey.
	roadofentities2.blogspot.com /2005/01/nierika.html (1007 words)

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	Usher Hall
		The oldest Egyptian book of the netherworld, the Amduat chronicles the pharaoh's twelve hour journey to the afterlife.
		A display of original artifacts from the span of ancient Egyptian history will illustrate the themes of the Amduat and the rituals surrounding burial, mummification and the belief in resurrection.
		This significant exhibition is a UK exclusive and the Edinburgh show is the start of a European tour.
	www.usherhall.co.uk /venues?id=3042 (161 words)

	Xapz! Egyptian Treasures Featured In New Museum Show
		The focus of the exhibit is the mythical journey into the afterlife and the ancient quest for immortality.
		And what he really wanted to do was point out the treasures that have come from the valley in not just objects but the thought that you find in a book like the Amduat and he thought that an exhibition could help to do that."
		The display includes an array of royal jewels and toys, a solid gold funeral mask and a stone sphinx of Thutmose the Third that usually resides in the Temple of Karnak in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor.
	www.xapz.com /xapz!/2002080035.htm (744 words)

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