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Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series page 3 Title 4 Copyright page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 List of Figures 10 List of Tables 15 List of Plates 16 Acknowledgments 18 Chronology 20 Abbreviations 24 Chapter 1: Introduction 30 1.1. General Remarks 30 1.2. Aims and Methodology of the Study 35 1.3. Structure of the Study 42 1.4. Previous Scholarship on the Notion of Duat 45 1.5. Note on the Transliteration and Translation 52 Chapter 2: The Pyramid Texts 56 2.1. Introduction 56 2.2. Ideology and Funerary Beliefs in the Old Kingdom 63 2.3. The Egyptian Vision of the Cosmos 70 2.4. The Duat in the Pyramid Texts 79 2.5. The Correlation between Texts and Pyramid Architecture 95 2.6. Conclusion 100 Chapter 3: The Coffin Texts 104 3.1. Introduction 104 3.2. Ideology and Funerary Beliefs between the Late Old Kingdom and throughout the Middle Kingdom 118 3.3. Excursus: The Coffins Decorative Program 123 3.4. The Duat in the Coffin Texts: Preliminary Remarks 126 3.5. Conclusion 147 Chapter 4: The Book of the Dead 152 4.1. Introduction 152 4.2. The Development of New Kingdom Private Tombs 162 4.3. The Duat in the Book of the Dead 169 4.4. Conclusion 184 Chapter 5: The Underworld Books 188 5.1. In
- Author
- Silvia Zago;
- Language
- EN