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The Egyptian Book of the Dead: A guidebook for the underworld - Tejal Gala

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Ancient Egyptians believed that in order to become immortal after death, a spirit must first pass through the underworld — a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire, and magical gates. Needless to say, one needed to come prepared. But how? Tejal Gala describes an Egyptian "Book of the Dead" -- a customized magic scroll written by the living to promote a smooth passage to the afterlife when they died.

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Tejal Gala
  • Director Silvia Prietov
  • Script Editor Alex Gendler
  • Animator Silvia Prietov, Sebastian Cuervo, William Cifuentes, Cletus J. Pearson
  • Producer Silvia Prietov
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Avatar for Tarek Omran
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Inaccurate historical information (Kindly recheck your sources) I suggest you refer to-The Egyptian Book of the Dead by Sir P. Le Page Renouf (includes illustrations from the papyri). I believe specially in TED-Ed, data correctness is of utmost importance if our goal is to teach.

According to the many individual texts that were collected to create this "book of the dead" as you mentioned. The 42 Gods are only a way through to the final meeting with some sort of a great god, or super being. That is mentioned clearly in the collected scripts. Exempt below: "Homage to thee, O Great God, Lord of Maati, I have come to thee, O my Lord, that I may behold thy beneficence. I know thee, and I know thy name, and the names of the Forty-Two who live with thee in the Hall of Maati, who keep ward over sinners, and feed upon their blood on the day of estimating characters before Un-Nefer ". I suggest you refer to-The Egyptian Book of the Dead by Sir P. Le Page Renouf. I believe specially in TED-Ed, data correctness is vital

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wow. quuite a mouthfull eh?

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