![]() ![]() For reference, hours 1 to 4 are on the west wall, hours 5 and 6 on the south, 7 and 8 on the north and 9 to 12 on the east wall. ![]() So in the Amduat, the Hidden Chamber is not a specific place hidden within the Duat, it is the Duat, and each hour is refered to as Hidden and is given it's location within the burial chamber of the tomb, The Hidden Chamber. The other books deal with specific activities, such as the Books of the Solar-Osirian Unity, aka The Enigmatic Books of the Netherworld, dealing with the events of the Sixth Hour. He states that the title " Amduat" refers to all the Netherworld books in general, and each have their own specific title, so we have the Book of Gates dealing with the Duat as being punctuated by gates, and in the Book of Caverns it is a place of interconnected caverns. I've had another look at the section on the Amduat, and while he does state that it's proper name is, as you have pointed out, " The Book of the Hidden Chamber", he does not state where or what this chamber is. That book by Hornung is of value of course, but it is not the full story. ![]()
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