Night falls, and the sun begins a secret voyage. The Amduat — the oldest illustrated book of the afterlife that survives from ancient Egypt — tells the story of what happens between sunset and dawn. For the ancient Egyptians this was not a myth about one god; it was a map of the hidden country every soul must cross. In twelve hours, the sun-barque is towed through gates, fields, caverns, and lakes of fire; enemies are bound, the blessed dead are clothed in light, and at the deepest hour of midnight the sun-god unites with Osiris in the dark water to be born again as the scarab Khepri at morning. This modern reader's edition brings that ancient vision into clear, present-day English, faithful to its meaning and spirit, with a full introduction, a glossary of the gods and powers named in the text, and gentle guidance for reading it as spiritual literature. Part of The World Scriptures Library.