81: The Book of the Dead

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The Ultimate Underworld Story. The Book of the Dead might be the most famous piece of writing from ancient Egypt. It is also one of the most misunderstood... Around 1420 BCE, a royal architect commissioned a book for his tomb. This text is one of the best preserved Books of the Dead from the mid-18th Dynasty. From its unrolled pages, we can explore the journey into the underworld, as experienced by a non-royal Egyptian. Note: This episode functions as an introduction to the Book of the Dead. As we move forward through the centuries, we will revisit the text to see new developments and additions. Music by Jeffrey Goodman www.shelterofclearlight.com/, Images and Bibliography at www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.
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0:23.0	Better with Pepsi Max. Hello and welcome back to the History of Egypt podcast episode 81 the Book of the Dead.
0:48.0	Today we pause our historical narrative in order to take a look at one of the most important religious texts
0:55.2	the Egyptians ever invented. It is the legendary guide to the underworld, the Book of Spells
1:01.1	which helped a soul move from here to eternity.
1:04.8	Today's episode is brought to you by Jep Laogerson, H Montgomery, and Mitchell Haikya.
1:10.8	Thank you folks for your support. May the God smile upon you. To all of my listeners, please enjoy
1:16.7	the show. Before we begin, let me set some context. At the moment our historical narrative sits around 1425 b.C. Egypt lives under the rule of the
1:37.4	Horace Aqeperure, Amunhotep the second. For the past 19 years Amunhutep has led the kingdom in war and peace.
1:46.6	He is an effective king. He is a strong king. Today we are not concerned with Amunhotepe.
1:53.0	Instead, we are looking at an object, a scroll of papyrus which belonged to one of the king's servants.
2:00.0	This scroll is important and it is sacred. It is one of the best preserved copies of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
2:08.0	This scroll, this book, belonged to a man named Carr.
2:13.4	Carr, or appearing in Splendor, was a fortunate man.
2:18.0	He was one of the Pharaoh's official architects.
2:20.9	More importantly, Carr was a tomb builder he used mathematics geometry and
2:26.6	religious doctrine to shape and design the sacred chambers of Egypt's highest
2:31.8	officials he was even responsible for the tomb of the king.
2:36.0	Kaa, the architect, designed the holy sepulchre of the Pharaoh in the valley of the kings.
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