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  • The Egyptian Book of the Dead

  • 4000 Year Old Secrets of the Afterlife
  • Written by: Ani
  • Narrated by: Sripad Jagannatha Das, The Orb
  • Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Written by: Ani
Narrated by: Sripad Jagannatha Das, The Orb
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The Book of the Dead is an ancient Egyptian funerary text written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom.

The book was placed in the coffin or burial chamber of the deceased, and was part of a tradition of funerary texts which includes the earlier Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts, which were painted onto objects, not written on papyrus. A number of the spells which make up the Book continued to be separately inscribed on tomb walls and sarcophagi, as the spells from which they originated always had been.

The path to the afterlife as laid out in the Book of the Dead was a difficult one. The deceased was required to pass a series of gates, caverns and mounds guarded by supernatural creatures.[These terrifying entities were armed with enormous knives and are illustrated in grotesque forms, typically as human figures with the heads of animals or combinations of different ferocious beasts. Their names—for instance, "He who lives on snakes" or "He who dances in blood"—are equally grotesque. These creatures had to be pacified by reciting the appropriate spells included in the Book of the Dead; once pacified, they posed no further threat, and could even extend their protection to the dead person

Most owners of the Book of the Dead were evidently part of the social elite; they were initially reserved for the royal family, but later papyri are found in the tombs of scribes, priests and officials. Most owners were men, and generally, the vignettes included the owner's wife as well.

In this rare one-of-a-kind audiobook adventure the listener is met with the unexpected nature of a grand literary trek.

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MUFFLED NARRATION

I was very excited about this book but I am so disappointed with the narration. The voice was crisp earlier and went all muffled in the mid of Part 1. I am struggling to understand what the narrator is saying.

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