Really I don't get the point of The Book of The Dead. To me, it's a pretty cool subject to talk about. But what's the point?? Well this whole thing was inscribed on papyrus and papyrus was very important for the Egyptains. Anyways, there are the 200 or more "chapters" in it, and it's known as "the spell for coming forth by day". I don't really understand that but it must be important somehow. Oh WAIT!!! "The spell", is the chapter, and "for coming forth" is coming forward, and "by day" is like it says it. So altogether it's, "the chapter coming forward by day." Maybe instead of chapter it would be book... and I'm just thinking that in my blonde mind, but oh well.. let's try it. " The book coming forward by day." That makes perfect sense to me!!! It's like during the day, the book is like in action, or your dead and in your afterlife givin in the book. And that must mean at night your something else! wow! That must be the point of the book. Ouch! Now my brain hurts. I thought too much. But the people who wrote the stuff in the picture probably died from writing all of that:) lol. wait no happy.. saddy. y..y... never mind!
So the chapter were they like actual chapters like we have today or are they like one page chapters. What were they used for anyway.
ReplyDeleteWow that's interesting! Did they really have chapters? What were other chapters called? And, do you know why they call it book of the dead, why not book of the afterlife and I'm just "thinking in my blond head" lol that was funny!
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