Duat

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The Duat, the Realm of the Dead, was an aspect of the Egyptian afterlife. It was in the Duat that the recently deceased had after escaping from malignant creatures their heart weighed against a feather of Ma'at by Osiris or Anubis (depending on the historical period and region), as a kind of divine judgment. Those whose hearts were deemed to be pure were allowed to pass on to the heavenly paradise of Aaru or to Aten, depending on which religion the person followed; however, those whose hearts were deemed to be impure, Ammit, the "devourer of the dead", would consume the heart and the ones undergoing judgement would be denied from continuing their voyage into the afterlife.

History

Around 38 BCE, the Mentor of the Hidden Ones in Egypt, Bayek of Siwa, seemingly traveled to the Duat in order to combat the disembodied spirit of Tutankhamun, which had been returned to the world of the living thanks to the Curse of the Pharaohs that was plaguing the city of Thebes.

Gallery

Concept art of the Duat

Trivia

In Egyptian mythology Ra, the sun god battled the great serpent Apep every night within the Duat, in order to ensure the sun would rise again on the mortal realm the next morning.

Appearances

Assassin's Creed: Origins (first appearance)
Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs

Reference

Assassin's Creed: Origins

Assassin's Creed: Origins

Characters

Assassins	William Miles \| Bayek (Senu) • Aya • Phanos • Pasherenptah • Tahira • Phoxidas • Marcus Junius Brutus • Gaius Cassius Longinus • Kashta • Kawab • Maqwat • Osorkon • Paanchi • Shaqilat

Templars / Order of the Ancients	Juhani Otso Berg • Sofia Rikkin • Simon Hathaway \| Actaeon • Berenike • Eudoros • Flavius Metellus • Hetepi • Julius Caesar • Khaliset • Ktesos • Livius • Lucius Septimius • Medunamun • Pothinus • Rudjek • Taharqa • Ampelius • Ptahmose • Rufio • Tacito

Phylakes	Abar • Bane of Hathor • Half Horn • Ptolemy's Fist • Ra's Mercy • The Galatian • The Hill • The Iron Bull • The Iron Ram • The Outsider • The Stranger

Gladiators	The Axes • The Brothers (Diovicos • Viridovix) • The Duelist • The Guardians of Siwa (Bayek • Kensa) • The Hammer • Hilarus Maximus • The Hoplite • Kosey • Polymestor • The Seleucid • The Slaver • Wamukota

Mythical Beings	Egyptian Deities (Anubis • Sobek • Sekhmet • Apep) • Undead Pharaohs (Akhenaten • Ramesses II • Nefertiti • Tutankhamun) • Anubis Shadows ( Faithless One • Relentless One) • Lost Army of Cambyses

Others	Layla Hassan • Deanna Geary \| Apate • Apollodorus • Aristo • Benipe • Caesarion • Claridas • Cleopatra • Chenzira • Damastes • Diocles • Esiocles • Fenuku • Gennadios • Ghupa • Harkhuf • Hepzefa • Hotephres • Jeska • Khemu • Khenut • Menehet • Melitta • Phoebe • Pompey • Praxilla • Ptolemy XIII • Rabiah • Venator • Vitruvius • Zahra • Gamilat • Sutekh • Isidora • Merti • Tahemet \| Alexander the Great