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Funerary texts or funerary literature feature in many belief systems. Its purpose is usually to provide guidance to the newly deceased or the soon-to-be-deceased about how to survive and prosper in the afterlife.
Funerarytexts or funerary literature feature in many belief systems. Its purpose is usually to provide guidance to the newly deceased or the soon-to-be-deceased...
The literature that makes up the ancient Egyptian funerarytexts is a collection of religious documents that were used in ancient Egypt, usually to help...
The ancient Egyptians had an elaborate set of funerary practices that they believed were necessary to ensure their immortality after death. These rituals...
𓂋𓏤𓈒𓈒𓈒𓏌𓏤𓉐𓂋𓏏𓂻𓅓𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤, r(ꜣ)w n(y)w prt m hrw(w)) is an ancient Egyptian funerarytext generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New...
specific deities, from ritual and magical texts which describe actions related to mythic events, and from funerarytexts which mention the roles of many deities...
are three major funerarytexts in which Khepri makes an appearance; the Amduat, the Book of Caverns, and the Book of Gates. Each text is similar in that...
The Coffin Texts are a collection of ancient Egyptian funerary spells written on coffins beginning in the First Intermediate Period. They are partially...
were often entombed with funerarytexts in order to be well equipped for the afterlife as mandated by ancient Egyptian funerary practices. These often served...
the funerary sphere. They were first mentioned late in the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BC) in the Pyramid Texts and continued to be invoked in funerary texts...
into its current form. The second shrine bears a funerarytext that is found nowhere else, although texts with similar themes are known from the tombs of...
portions of Nubia that they ruled. Although the Pyramid Texts, the earliest Egyptian funerarytexts, rarely mention her, Hathor was invoked in private tomb...
in short stories and in religious material such as hymns, ritual texts, funerarytexts, and temple decoration. These sources rarely contain a complete...
The Pyramid Texts are the oldest ancient Egyptian funerarytexts, dating to the late Old Kingdom. They are the earliest known corpus of ancient Egyptian...
appear in the utterances of the Pyramid Texts. Funerarytexts written in later times, such as the Coffin Texts from the Middle Kingdom (c. 2055–1650 BCE)...
Funerary art is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the dead. The term encompasses a wide variety of forms, including...
ancient Egyptian funerarytext of the New Kingdom of Egypt. Similar to previous funerarytexts, such as the Old Kingdom's Pyramid Texts, or the First Intermediate...
rituals and temple rites, although she was more prominent in funerary practices and magical texts. She was usually portrayed in art as a human woman wearing...
Netherworld, an ancient Egyptian funerarytext in KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun, in the 14th century BCE. The text concerns the actions of Ra and his...
as an equivalent of Ninurta. He plays a role in the so-called Susa FuneraryTexts, which despite being found in Susa were written in Akkadian and might...
Mormon and otherwise), these fragments were identified as Egyptian funerarytexts, including the "Breathing Permit of Hôr" and the "Book of the Dead"...
frequently mentioned in funerarytexts. Beginning in the time of the Coffin Texts from the Middle Kingdom (c. 2055–1650 BC), funerarytexts parallel the progression...
كتاب البوابات, romanized: Kitab al-Bawaabat) is an ancient Egyptian funerarytext dating from the New Kingdom. The Book of Gates is long and detailed...
in the West") is an important ancient Egyptian funerarytext of the New Kingdom. Like many funerarytexts, it was written on the inside of the tomb for...
Latin phrase "for the time being" (temporary) Pyramid Texts, an ancient Egyptian funerarytext P. T. (disambiguation) Petey (disambiguation) Abbreviation...
BC), literary works included funerarytexts, epistles and letters, hymns and poems, and commemorative autobiographical texts recounting the careers of prominent...
dynasty to another, from five parts to more. Most ancient Egyptian funerarytexts reference numerous parts of the soul: Khet or the "physical body" Sah...
upon which Chinese characters are carved intaglio with a funerary, commemorative, or edifying text. They can commemorate talented writers and officials,...
chambers. Inscribed for the first time in Unas's pyramid, the tradition of funerarytexts carried on in the pyramids of subsequent rulers, through to the end...
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