The unification of Re and Osiris in the Netherworld | ||
| حولية الاتحاد العام للآثاريين العرب "دراسات فى آثار الوطن العربى" | ||
| Article 125, Volume 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-84 PDF (2.6 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/cguaa.2010.37714 | ||
| Author | ||
| Nehad Kamal | ||
| مدرس بکلية الاداب جامعة المنصورة قسم الآثار المصرية. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The unification of Re and Osiris is one of the most important and complex topics in the ancient Egyptian religion. It is not only the focal event of the Netherworldly journey of the sun, but one of the most fundamental principles in all of Egyptian religion. Not surprisingly, it is the primary focus of the corpus of Underworld Books, as well as most funerary literature of the Third Intermediate Period. Many cover this subject, but it still need more study. I divided this study into the next specific points: 1- The reasons of the unification of Re and Osiris. 2- The time of this unification 3- The place of this unification. 4- The different interpretations of the relationship between Re and Osiris. 5- The united ba. 6- The benefit from this unification in the interpretation of many mysteries in the Egyptian religion. | ||
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