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"title": "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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"description": "The Egyptian Book of the Dead--or as they called it, the Book of Going Forth By Day--was not a single, unified, and authoritative manuscript, but a handful of special spells selected from a pool of about 200 age-old magical formulae. This illustrated Book of the Dead inscribed for the priest Hori includes the so-called Book of Gates. There are sixteen gates through which Hori must pass, each guarded by a fierce, animal-headed, knife-brandishing monster. Among them are \"The Mistress of Wrath,\" \"The Fiery One,\" and the \"Long-Horned Bull.\" To reach the afterlife, Hori must present the gate-keepers with a series of secret passwords provided for him in the papyrus. At the far right, we see Hori, who having completed his task, is now reborn.",
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"citation": "James, T. G. H. \"Howard Carter and The Cleveland Museum of Art.\". Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991",
"page_number": "Mentioned: pp.66-77",
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"citation": "Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Boha\u010d. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 370-71; Mentioned: p. 370-373",
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