The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Wisdom of the Ancient Papyrus of Ani
$49.43
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2024
Summary
This luxurious hardback edition presents the classic ancient text, The Egyptian Book of the Dead, featuring gold gilded page edges and patterned endpapers.
Mysterious, powerful and moving, The Egyptian Book of the Dead is an ancient collection of spells, prayers and incantations designed to guide the departed through the perils of the underworld. Written as part of funeral rites to ensure eternal life, these scrolls were often left in the sarcophagus…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398839960 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398839965 |
| Author: | EA Wallis Budge |
| Publisher: | Arcturus Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Arcturus |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 1.02kg |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 183mm x 228mm |
| Series: | Arcturus Gilded Classics |
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EA Wallis Budge
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was a renowned Egyptologist who worked at the British Museum in London. He made significant contributions to the Museum’s collections of cuneiform tablets and papyri as a result of his many trips to the Near East. Budge was a prolific author who contributed much to the study of hieroglyphics.
The version of Egyptian funerary scrolls used in this edition is that of the famous and well-preserved Papyrus of Ani, written around 1500BC. Ani was the Royal Scribe of Thebes, Overseer of the Granaries of the Lords of Abydos, and Scribe of the Offerings of the Lords of Thebes.
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