Episode 4: Divine Judgment (The Book of the Dead)
Literature and History
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The Book of the Dead
The book of the dead opens with a hymn to the sun god Ra. A supplicant prays that he'll be able to descend to the underworld and then come forth. The Egyptian deities Hawthor, Horus,. Isis, Nepthus, Newt, Thoth, Anubis and other beings all turn their heads to regard the breathless mortal.
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