The Egyptian Book of the Dead, 9781398844728
Hardcover
Journey to the afterlife: ancient spells for eternal life.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Wisdom of the Ancient Papyrus of Ani

$97.57

  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    26 November 2024

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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-13:9781398844728
ISBN-10:1398844721
Author:Ea Wallis Budge
Publisher:Sirius Entertainment
Imprint:Sirius Entertainment
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:26 November 2024
Weight:1.00kg
Dimensions:234mm x 188mm x 34mm
Series:Arcturus Gilded Classics
About The Author

Ea Wallis Budge

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.

Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was a renowned Egyptologist who worked at the British Museum in London and made significant contributions to the Museum’s collections of cuneiform tablets and papyri as a result of his many trips to the Near East. He was a prolific author who contributed much to the study of hieroglyphics.

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