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Eps. 28: How the Underworld Became Hell

The Moon in Carolina

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Exploring Ancient Beliefs: The Neutrality of the Sumerian Underworld and the Moral Trials of the Egyptian Duat

This chapter explores the contrasting beliefs about the afterlife in Sumerian and Egyptian cultures. It highlights the Sumerian view of a neutral underworld versus the moral judgment in the Egyptian afterlife through the weighing of the heart.

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