The Architect Kha and his Book of Going Forth by Day
In the days of Amunhotep II (c.1420 BCE), a royal architect named Kha commissioned a funerary text for his tomb. This text was a magnificent rendition of the Book of the Dead. To celebrate Kha’s work, and the survival of his tomb, we take a dip into the legendary text of his Book (one of many to come).
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Was there supposed to be music between the two parts? There’s just dead silence till the ad, then silence when you come back till you start talking. Curious.
Sounds like an audio error. I will check
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