(Amunet) The divine consort of the god AMUN, worshiped in THEBES in the early Middle Kingdom (2020–1640 B.C.E.), her name meant “the hidden one.” Amaunet was also included in the OGDOAD, the eight deities of HERMOPOLIS. Self-created, she was depicted as a woman wearing the crown of Lower Egypt.
Am Duat (Am Tuat) A mortuary text depicted on the walls in the tomb of TUTHMOSIS III (r. 1479–1425 B.C.E.) in the VALLEY OF THE KINGS in THEBES, the Am Duat, “Book of that which is in the underworld,” shows the nightly journey of the god Re, a prototype of the sojourn required of the deceased. The Am Duat is divided into 12 sections, representing fields or caverns, and traces the pathway into the earth that starts at the gateway of the western horizon. The text contains many adventures and torments but ends in spiritual redemption and the attainment of paradise.
