The Egyptian Book of the Dead
The most famous of all ancient Egyptian texts—with an introduction by one of the most celebrated Egyptologists of our timeAMONG THE MOST WIDELY read and studied of all ancient writings, The Egyptian Book of the Dead consists of funerary texts that ancient Egyptian scribes composed for the benefit...
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The most famous of all ancient Egyptian texts—with an introduction by one of the most celebrated Egyptologists of our timeAMONG THE MOST WIDELY read and studied of all ancient writings, The Egyptian Book of the Dead consists of funerary texts that ancient Egyptian scribes composed for the benefit of the dead. This astonishing array of spells, hymns and litanies, magical formulae and names, and words of power and prayers were all found cut or painted on walls of pyramids and tombs, and painted on coffins, sarcophagi, and rolls of papyri.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140455502 (0140455507)
ASIN: 140455507
Publish date: November 25th 2008
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 992
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
Reference,
Cultural,
Religion,
Spirituality,
Egypt,
Occult,
Mythology,
African Literature,
Egyptian Literature
The first part of this book is a very interesting history lesson. It explains in part a brief history of the Egyptian Gods and their role in the afterlife. The second part of the book is a listing of the prayers and supplications for the afterlife. Imagine the journey into the afterlife as an oral t...
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