Name: Egypt, The Book of the Dead | History - Planet Doc Full Documentaries
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The ancient Egyptians believed that no sky,

Earth, gods, men, animals or plants existed before creation.

There was only an immense void they called Nun

that contained Atum -- the beginning of all things.

In the nineteenth century, a curious papyrus was found

in which Ra himself describes his own creation.

"It was I that came into existence, like Jepri.

When I came into existence, 'Being' came into existence.

were the first representations of the Egyptians

on the world's creation and the origins of the gods.

Then he named Shu and the wind started to blow.

Afterwards, he called out Tefnut and it started to rain.

Geb and Nut begot Osiris, Isis, Seth and Neftis,

and they spawned the multitudes that inhabit this land."

"When Ra, or the Demiurge, created the world,

and casts the forces of chaos to a distant,

and where obviously gods and men also appeared.

Nonetheless, those forces of chaos that stayed

just outside of the perfect world created never ceased

to threaten Ra and the order established upon creation."

In their eagerness to understand the world around them,

the Egyptians started to build a complex magical universe.

the scribes and priests started to update the texts

in accordance with the evolution of the religious ideas,

until the Book of the Dead came about in 1.300 BC.

they thought they had solved the enigma of Ra.

They deducted that two different worlds co-existed:

the one we see, and the one where Ra wandered through the night

a mysterious place they called the underworld.

"Besides the real world --the plain where their activities took place--

the ancient Egyptians believed that there was another world.

A world where a series of deities and other beings

lived alongside the deceased, in different levels of existence."

"The underworld was primarily a place of darkness.

Darkness is precisely one of the main characteristics

bringing light to the souls, beings and gods that live there."

"On some occasions, the underworld is a fertile place

that reminds us of the shores of the Nile.

In others, is a barren, rocky place inhabited by evil beings

"Along with the drawings, the hieroglyphs

allow us to understand the meaning of the images.

Through this written language and the drawings,

emerges a world that describes to us the reality

from not only 5.000 or 2.000 years ago, but also beyond that."

ancient Egypt reaches a reality that is definitely more stable

than the actual reality of its everyday life,

for that reality as remained consistent until today.

we have the chance to submerge in that spiritual world

The first depictions of the enigmatic underworld

a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, around 1.500 BC.

the Book of That Which is in the Underworld,

The Book of Amduat shows the Geography of the afterlife,

individually detailing each of the twelve hours of Ra's nocturnal journey.

The texts and drawings completed each other

was to help the pharaoh to transform himself in his journey

alongside the sun, and attain, with Ra, his daily resurrection.

"Even the lengths of the regions that the sun god passes through

For instance, from the western door through which Ra enters the underworld

and the region of Huermes the mentioned distance is 120 Iterus

an Egyptian distance measurement unit that would correspond to 1.200 Km."

"Ra entered the underworld through the western door of the horizon."

"In that first hour, that entire region vibrates with joy.

After twelve hours, Ra's light shines over the land

Ra will also distribute fields among the inhabitant deities and beings,