Back Boek van Grotte Afrikaans كتاب المقابر Arabic كتاب المقابر ARZ Llibre de les Cavernes Catalan Höhlenbuch German Libro de las Cavernas Spanish Leizeen Liburua Basque Livre des cavernes French Libro das cavernas Galician Քարանձավների գիրք Armenian
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The Book of Caverns is an Ancient Egyptian underworld book from the New Kingdom. The Book of Caverns originated in the 13th century BC in the Ramesside Period.[1] Like all other underworld books, it is found in mortuary contexts such as tombs or temples. The Book of Caverns describes the journey of the Egyptian sun god, Ra, through the twelve caverns of the Duat (the Egyptian underworld). This book highlights the interactions of Ra with the residents of the underworld, and how Ra either punishes or rewards them for their actions.[2] It also focuses on the rebirth of Ra in the morning through his merging with the Egyptian god of the dead, Osiris.[3]
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- ^ Werning (2011), vol. I, ch. V, with English summary on p. 262.
- ^ Dardir, Mohamed Ragheb (June 2021). "The Roles of Guardian Deities of Book of Cavern from Scenes Texts of King Ramses IV Tomb" (PDF). International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management. 4 (1): 1.
- ^ Power, Dawn (November 2018). Aspects of Iconography and Transmission in the Book of Caverns. Liverpool, England: University of Liverpool.