Duat (pronounced "do-aht") (also
Tuat and
Tuaut or
Akert,
Amenthes,
Amenti, or
Neter-khertet) was the
realm of the dead in ancient
Egyptian mythology. It was the realm of the
deity Osiris and the residence of other gods and supernatural beings. The
Duat was the region through which the sun god
Ra traveled from west to east during the night, and where he battled
Apep. It was also the place where people's souls went after death for judgement, though that was not the full extent of the afterlife. Burial chambers formed touching-points between the mundane world and the
Duat, and spirits could use tombs to travel back and forth from the
Duat.