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Amduat

The hieroglyphic
of Amduat
Amduat or Amtuat was a mortuary text depicted on the walls in the tomb of Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 B.C.E.) in the Valley of the kings in Thebes, the  Amduat, Book of  that  which  is  in  the  Hell,  shows  the nightly journey of the god Ra, a epitome of the sojourn required of the gone.

1st and 2nd oclock
night in the Amduat
The time is 3,
from tomb (KV34)
The Amduat is divided into 12 segments, doing fields  or caverns, and traces  the pathway into the earth that  parts at  the gateway of  the west horizon. The text contains numerous adventures and rags but ends in spiritual repurchase and the attainment of heaven.

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