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SUMMARY:The Return of Ancient Epic: The Egyptian Book of the Dead
DESCRIPTION:Overview\n\n\n\n\nSession 2: The Egyptian Book of the Dead\, wi
 th Rita Lucarelli\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAncient Egypt imagined both the beginning 
 of the universe and the end of earthly life with a creativity that still s
 peaks to us today. In this conversation\, part 2 of our series on Ancient 
 Epics\, Rita Lucarelli will guide us from the cosmic dawn of creation\, 
 where gods like Atum\, Ptah\, and the eight divinities of the Hermopolis (
 the so-called "Hermopolitan Ogdoad") shape the world through word\, will\,
  and divine chaos\, to the intimate\, personal journey mapped in the Book
  of the Dead\, a guide to navigating the afterlife and proving the heart w
 orthy before Osiris. By comparing competing creation myths and exploring k
 ey passages and images from funerary spells and other ritual texts\, Rita 
 will uncover how Egyptians used narrative\, poetry\, and ritual to explain
  existence from first breath to final judgement. Expect a vibrant conversa
 tion that reveals mythology and afterlife texts as living systems of meani
 ng: tools for constructing identity\, justifying royal power\, and imagini
 ng how to make one's way through the world and beyond it\, in harmony and 
 according to Maat (truth\, order\, justice).\n\nRita Lucarelli is an Asso
 ciate Professor of Egyptology at UC Berkeley and Faculty Curator of Egypto
 logy at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. Her research centers 
 on ancient Egyptian religion\, especially funerary texts\, demonology\, an
 d the modern reception of ancient Egyptian religion. She is currently comp
 leting a monograph on ancient Egyptian demonology and teaches courses on E
 gyptian and comparative religion through the Mount Tamalpais College progr
 am at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Her work highlights an interdisci
 plinary approach that blends digital innovation\, public scholarship\, and
  the study of ancient religious thought.\n\n\n\n
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