is the egyptian idea of the underworld (also called akert, amenthes, or neter-khertet). to the egyptians, the underworld was divided into sections filled with dangers that the egyptian soul had to pass through. this is the same realm that ra was believed to pass into each night and battle apophis. the egyptian underworld is described in many funerary texts that are found in tombs of mummies, believed to help guide them through death.