The Otherworld (with)in This World: Imhet as a (Super)natural Conduit between Dimensions in Egyptian Sources

Abstract

Landscape may be defined broadly as the ensemble of “all the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.”1 Yet not only do landscapes comprise natural topographical features, they are also mediated and shaped by the multifaceted set of human experiences through space and time, and thus convey meanings embedded in the socio-cultural values typical of the civilizations which originated and thrived in those landscapes. Therefore, landscapes are culturally defined entities—and culturally specific ones—as much as they are physical spaces, both generated and molded by human perceptions and experiences.2 Indeed, landscapes are symbolic constructions,