Ep 05: The Duat

The glowing eye of Horus leads Kayla, Mo, and Samira into the Duat — the ancient Egyptian underworld. Their path takes them to a cave lake deep beneath the pyramid, where a funerary boat waits to carry them across dark water. Kayla recognizes it from the Book of the Dead. She knows what lives in the water.

Apophis — the great serpent god of chaos, the enemy of Ra, the force that attacks the sun every night as it travels through the underworld — rises from the lake. The battle is real. The mythology is exact. The blue hand of Hapi pulls them back from the deep.

Episode 05 draws directly from Egyptian cosmological texts, bringing to life the journey of the soul through the Duat in visceral audio detail. By the end of the episode, a wind takes them somewhere new — their fate no longer in their own hands.

Written by Sarah Pitard. Directed by Jack Bowman. Score by Talip Peshkepia. Sound design by Jan Piasecki. A Violet Hour Media production.

LISTENER WARNING: This program includes depictions of violence and other subject matter that may be upsetting for listeners.

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