Inside the Egyptian Underworld
5/18/202655 min
For the Ancient Egyptians, death marked the beginning of a new chapter: a journey through a shadowy realm of trials, monsters, and divine judgment, ruled by the God Osiris. What does the Ancient Egyptian Underworld, the Duat, tell us about their culture, their society and morality?
Our guest for today is Dr. Campbell Price! Campbell is our go-to Ancient Egypt expert, he is Curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester Museum and honorary research fellow at University of Liverpool. His newest book ‘Brief Histories: Ancient Egypt’ is out now.
Edited by Hannah Feodorov. Produced by Tomos Delargy. Senior Producer is Freddy Chick.
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[gentle music] As night falls, a soul begins its journey to the beyond. Freed from its newly deceased body, they drift into the Duat, a realm of darkness, fire, and monsters. Guided by spells from the Book of the Dead, they must make their way across this perilous landscape. Finally, they stand before Osiris, god of the dead, where they face a test of