Book of AmduatSerpents slither in a scene from a funerary text, the Book of Amduat or (“Th
Book of AmduatSerpents slither in a scene from a funerary text, the Book of Amduat or (“That Which Is In the Unerworld”) also known as ‘the book of the hiddenchamber’, painted on the walls of the preliminary passageway of Seti I’s tomb (KV17), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Detail of the Fourth hour, during which the sun god enters the realm of Sokkar, the old god of the dead, known as Ro-Setau. This area was sandy and full of snakes so the solar barque changes its shape to a giant snake towed by four men. -- source link
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