The Transmission of the Book of the Dead in New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara

This book brings an insight into the creative adaptation of major religious texts of Ancient Egypt. It makes the seemingly rigid traditions come alive. – Hana Navratilova, Research Fellow in Egyptology, University of Oxford and Lecturer in Egyptology, University of Reading, UKThis most insightful study analyses the transmission and adaptions of Book of the Dead chapters and Totenliturgien in New Kingdom tombs at Saqqara. By applying the methods of material philology, it sheds light on knowledge display as part of individual agency on lived religious traditions and as a central constituent of the cultural geography of Saqqara. – Susanne Bickel, Professor of Egyptology, University of Basel, SwitzerlandThe study redefines our understanding of funerary culture, emphasizing the evolving, localised and personalised nature of NK funerary practises. * JSOT *

H.P.R. Twiston Davies is a Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, UK.