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The eighth hour of the Amduat (Book of the Underworld). The ship of Ra floats through the Underworld, preceded by the snake Mechen, which guards the re-birth of the sungod Ra from the fifth hour onwards. Pen on papyrus (12th-9th BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt.
Location
Ãgyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung/Staatliche Museen/Berlin/Germany
Unique Identifier
ART56531
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4278px × 1142px
Photo Credit
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
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Amun-Ra
Animal All
Boat
Book of the Dead, Egypt
Death
Hieroglyphic script
Mechen, snake-god
New Kingdom, Egypt (18th-20th Dynasty)
Osiris, God
Papyrus
Ra, Egyptian sun god
Reptile
Ritual
Ship
Snake
Sun
Underworld