Amduat

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The Amduat (from Ancient Egyptian: 𓇋𓏶𓇼𓏏𓉐, romanized: jmj-dwꜣt, imi-duat, lit. '[That Which] Is In the Afterworld, also called the Text of the Hidden Chamber Which is in the Underworld and Book of What is in the Underworld', is an important ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom of Egypt. Similar to previous funerary texts, such as the Old Kingdom's Pyramid Texts, or the First Intermediate Period's Coffin Texts, the Amduat was found carved on the internal walls of a pharaoh's tomb. Unlike other funerary texts, however, it was reserved almost exclusively for pharaohs until the Twenty-first Dynasty, or very select nobility.

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