The Egyptian Book of the Dead
$50.37
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2019
Summary
Deliver me from the Watchers who bear slaughtering knives, and who have cruel fingers.
This luxurious silkbound edition presents the classic funerary text, The Egyptian Book of the Dead. This ancient collection of spells, prayers and incantations was used to guide departed souls through the perils of the underworld, ultimately ensuring eternal life. Written as part of funeral rites, these scrolls were often left in the sarcophagus of the deceased and now offe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781789502237 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1789502233 |
| Author: | EA Wallis Budge |
| Publisher: | Arcturus Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Arcturus |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 630g |
| Dimensions: | 231mm x 150mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Arcturus Silkbound Classics |
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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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