The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Egyptian Death Book The original purpose of this book is to serve as a set of spells and spells designed to ensure that the souls of the dead pass safely through the underground world. Some of the last chapter contains signs of the second undead meaning not to die in the underworld. Therefore, you can not be born newly or live in complete life. The original - at least a small piece of contemporary scholars - consists of a series of hymns ranging from hymns to Osiris.

However, the most famous literary work in the texts of the New Kingdom is "The Day is Coming", commonly known as the "Book of Egyptian Death". The concepts and spells in the book "Egyptian Death" began in the early dynasty and established in China, but it became very popular in the new kingdom, and the most preserved text is the so far It is the date of work. . . Egyptian death book is a series of "mantras" which are instructions for the afterlife dead to help them find the eternal peace in heaven overcoming danger. This work is not an "ancient Egyptian bible" that some people claim, but also a "magical text of spells". As the Hereafter is clearly an unknown field, the Egyptian deca book is aimed at providing a map of the soul of the deceased to help guide and protect them in the land of the deceased.

The Egyptian religion (subsequently Judaism, Christianity, Islam) is developing the concept of a happy afterlife based on the moral and moral records of the people of the world. Episodes of various Egyptian deceased books show that the heart of the deceased compares with the balance feather feathers before the transcribed god tote of the recorded text. When the Bible calls God "a person who examines the heart and kidney" (Psalm 7: 9, Jeremiah 11: 20, 20: 12), it refers to the same concept.

As a god of resurrection, Keppuri played an important role in the book of Egypt's death and was often associated with Osiris. In ancient Egypt, the Scarab logo representing Khepri is common. It is said that these badges are in equilibrium with the feathers of Ma'at in the Hereafter. Khepri is usually drawn as a chafer or chaferhead man through underworld sunglasses at times.