Here is a link to the page that includes the first book of the Amduat (lit. Book/description [am] of the Underworld [duat]), the Egyptian underworld book.
It is in pdf, so if you can't download it try the library. However, the first few pages are blank, so try scrolling before giving up!
Please note the use of pictures as well as language to describe the underworld. Egyptian hieroglyphs tended to use a picture-book method of communication. This inserts another level of subjectivity/interpretation to the stories, but also gives us access to another form of expression of their worldview.
http://www.invisiblebooks.com/MD1-51.pdf
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