The Egyptian Book of the Dead - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Wallace Budge (Translator), Wallace Budge (Commentaries by), John Romer (Editor)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2008-11-25Pages:992
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140455502ISBN-10:140455507UPC:9780140455502Book Category:Religion, Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:Antiquities & Archaeology, Religious, AncientBook Topic:EgyptSize:7.80 x 5.14 x 1.67 inchesWeight:1.4903Product ID:SC0K23ZARS
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
A unique collection of funerary texts from a wide variety of sources, dating from the 15th to the 4th century BC Consisting of spells, prayers and incantations, each section contains the words of power to overcome obstacles in the afterlife. The papyruses were often left in sarcophagi for the dead to use as passports on their journey from burial, and were full of advice about the ferrymen, gods...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140455502ISBN-10:140455507UPC:9780140455502Book Category:Religion, Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:Antiquities & Archaeology, Religious, AncientBook Topic:EgyptSize:7.80 x 5.14 x 1.67 inchesWeight:1.4903Product ID:SC0K23ZARS
E.A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was the Curator of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum from 1894 to 1924. Best known for his numerous translator works, Budge collected a large number of Coptic, Greek, Arabic, Syriac, Ethiopian, and Egyptian Papyri manuscripts. He was also involved in numerous archaeology digs in Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Sudan. Budge is perhaps best known for...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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