Mini: The Egyptian Book of Gates (Complete)

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 114 minutes

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This is the Book of Gates episodes (175 & 176) compiled into one big story. See episodes 175 and 176 for further details. Date: c.1305 BCE (first recorded appearance). Source: KV57, the tomb of Horemheb, and others. Music intro, interludes, and outro: Luke Chaos. Original compositions by Gorillaz, from the album "Demon Days." The Book of Gates Translations: J. C. Darnell and C. Manassa Darnell, The Ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books (2018). E. Hornung, Das Buch von den Pforten des Jenseits, I (1979). E. Hornung, Das Buch von den Pforten des Jenseits, II (1984). E. Hornung, The Egyptian Book of Gates, trans. T. Abt (2014). J. Zandee, ‘The Book of Gates’, in Liber Amicorum: Studies in Honor of Professor Dr. C.J. Bleeker (1969), 282--324. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Terms apply, C3.co. UK. Hello and welcome to the History of Egypt podcast. This is the Ancient Egyptian Book of Gates.
0:43.0	Today, we are going past the Western horizon, the land of sunset.
0:48.0	We are heading into the dead lands, to confront the souls who live within the afterlife.
0:55.0	It is a journey that will take us through many curious places,
0:59.0	and we will witness great and mysterious events.
1:03.0	To everyone listening, thank you for joining me.
1:06.0	Come, let us journey to the underworld. around 130 B.C.C. E.C. E. Around 1,305 BCE, approximately, an Egyptian Pharaoh went to his grave.
1:27.0	His name was Horne Hebb, Horace in festival, and he was a significant ruler in the political history of the time.
1:36.0	Religiously, Horumheb's tomb is quite interesting.
1:40.0	On the walls of this monument, we find a new underworld text.
1:44.4	This is The Book of Gates.
1:47.2	The Book of Gates is a text dealing with the lands beyond life.
1:51.8	It is similar to famous works like the Book of the Dead or the
1:56.0	Amduat. The Book of Gates is concerned with the Duat. This is the Egyptian name for the nether world, the afterlife, whatever you want to call it.
2:07.3	The do-art is a vast land with its own geography and divisions.
2:18.8	It exists somewhere outside our world but connected to it and what happens in the duat affects life on earth. The duet is home to many beings, including the souls of the dead,
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