Название: The Ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books
Автор: John Coleman Darnell, Colleen Manassa Darnell
Издательство: SBL Press
ISBN: 1628371277
Год: 2018
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 725
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 27,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
The ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books are among the most extensive religious texts from pharaonic civilization and present humanity's oldest surviving attempts to provide a scientific map of the unseen realms beyond the visible cosmos. First attested during the middle of the second millennium BCE, the Netherworld Books decorate the walls of the New Kingdom royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The importance of these texts lies in their philosophical and theological speculations about the inner workings of the cosmos, particularly the events of the solar journey through the twelve hours of the night.