Book of the Earth

[2] The central figures in the story are Osiris, Ra and Ba, while the overarching plot is the journey the sun takes through the earth god, Aker.

Alexandre Piankoff was the first one to really study the composition of the images and hieroglyphics and looked for a meaning behind the illustrations.

The realm of the dead is depicted with Osiris, as the primary figure, located within a tomb that is guarded by serpents.

The final scene in this section shows Aker, who is representing the barque of the sun god, as a double sphinx.

Underneath the barque are two royal figures with Isis and Nephthys who are holding a winged scarab beetle and a sun disc.

[2] The middle register begins with Horus rising up out of a divine figure called the "Western One.

[5] Like many Ancient Egyptian texts, the bottom register shows the punishment of enemies in the Place of Annihilation since it is below the gods.

The first scenes in this section consist of four oval shapes with mummies inside, which are able to breathe from the rays of the sun god.

The main part of this section depicts a mummy, who is standing, called "corpse of the god,[1]" which is also the sun disc itself.

In front of him, a serpent rises out of a pair of arms and holds a god and goddess in the act of praise.

[1] At the end of this segment of the Book of the Earth, the upper portion shows a depiction of a large burial mound, containing the sun disc with an unknown god praying to it.

Below shows the resurrection of the corpse of the sun, which is a scene that typically occurs in royal sarcophagus chambers.

A falcon head emerges from a sun disc, and the light is shown falling on the "mysterious corpse" which is lying down.

In the fifth scene, a central god, who is thought to be Osiris, is surrounded by the corpses of Shu (Egyptian deity), Tefnut, Khepri and Nun.

A goddess called Annihilator stands up with her arms reaching to embrace a sun disc.

The following scene, which is scattered around the tomb of Ramesses VI, shows five burial mounds with a head and arms emerging from it.