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THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF GATES

The Egyptian Book of Gates Translated into English by Erik Hornung in collaboration with
Theodor Abt  The Egyptian Book of Gates is the second large Pharaonic Book of the Afterlife
after The Egyptian Amduat. The revised English translation is based on the German edition 
edited by Erik Hornung. The hieroglyphs and transcriptions are given on the basis of a
collation of the extant texts found in different tombs. The main illustrations of the text come
from the sarcophagus of Seti I. The 100 scenes of the Book of Gates are furthermore represented
with one or more colored illustrations  originating from different sources.  With an
Introduction by Theodor Abt. Contains Bibliography and Index.

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