Free with Audible trial. Standing in the doorway of the shrine our eyes were drawn to the wall on our left containing an elegant relief of Ptolemy IV Philopator (ruled 221–205 BC), the Macedonian Greek Pharaoh on whose orders this Temple of Maat was built. Complete scene of the weighing of the soul, Deir el Medina. In the Book of Gates the Judgement Hall of Osiris occupies the Sixth Division of the Duat. Generally, this a beautiful, almost coffee-table book, presentation of Hancock's research into sacred archaeology and ancient history. Additional light is shed on this curious formula when we remember that Thoth was regarded by the ancient Egyptians as a god who could teach "not only words of power but the manner in which to utter them". On this journey the jackal-headed mortuary god Anubis would sometimes act as a guide and companion to the soul. The context suggests it could have been a document of some kind because it recorded the "number of the secret chambers of the sanctuary of Thoth". You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. from the comfort of your home. The Egyptologist F. W. Green expresses the opinion that the "Inventory building" could well have been a "chart room" at Heliopolis "or perhaps a ‘drawing room’ where plans were made and stored". He then discovered himself floating in the air with his domain completely unleashed below him. Reviews, Tours, Giveaways and Audiobook ramblings by me. My thoughts now though are that the boundaries are moving from under our feet, the sand is shifting under our toes and under our big TOE (theory of everything) and when one starts to even consider the new big thing, that we may well be living in a computer generated simulated reality and that consciousness may be the field that connects us to the source, everything that came before takes on new meaning. What is the startling archaic connection entwining the sacred places of our world? Working with photographer Santha Faiia, Hancock trace You choose the membership (1, 3, 6, or 12 months/credits), your gift recipient picks their own audiobooks, and your local bookstore is supported by your purchase. The word maat has many meanings in addition to "truth" – for example, "that which is straight", and, in the physical and moral sense, "right, real, genuine, upright, righteous, just, steadfast, unalterable", etc. In it, protected by the coils of a cosmic serpent, the sun god Ra stands flanked by the figures of "Mind" (fore) and "Magic" (aft). to harness intellect to imagination and to visualize the skies of former and future epochs? the mirroring of the heavens with temples of certain fixed celestial events world wide. Standing either side of Atum-Ra, the sun-god, as he sails the celestial ocean in his "boat of millions of years", they are portrayed in the Book of the Dead as eternal presences or principles whose function is to guide and balance the motion of the universe: "Thoth … Lord … self-created, to whom none hath given birth … he who reckons in heaven, the counter of the stars, the enumerator of the earth and of what is therein, and the measurer of the earth". We already know that the various ancient Egyptian "books of the dead" provide textual explanations and visual images of the Duat with the explicit purpose of preparing the deceased for the afterlife journey. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Having completed this stage of his examination, Ptolemy now finds himself confronted by an immense pair of scales beneath the arms of which are to be seen representations of Anubis, the jackal-headed guide of souls, and Horus the falcon-headed son of Osiris. Accompanied by his wife Santha Faiia – whose sumptuous photographs illuminate the quest – and exquisitely portray the wonder and beauty of the ancient sites – Graham takes the reader on a remarkable odyssey – of sunken cities, and hidden chambers, of myth and magic – and astounding archaeological revelations – which builds to a staggering conclusion forcing us to reconsider our conception of the origins of man. At the other, divided from Leo by the glowing river of the Milky Way, stood Sirius, Orion and the constellation of Taurus. To create a large-scale three-dimensional "model" of the Duat – a sort of simulated Netherworld – would be no more than an extension of this practice. 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