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The Book of the Dead by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge ( Author )
Lemonjar
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01-12-2004
Click "free sample" to read the whole book no need to purchase. Ancient Egypt that has ever yet been published. This book has been deemed a classic and has stood the test of time. The book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. "The Egyptian Conception of Immortality: The Ingersoll Lecture, 1911" by George Andrew Reisner may have originated as the text version of Resiner's educational lecture, but that doesn't mean that it should go unread. .. In the year 1888, Dr. E. Wallis Budge, then purchasing agent for the British Museum, followed rumors he heard of a spectacular archeological find in Upper Egypt, and found in an 18th Dynasty tomb near Luxor "the largest roll of papyrus I had ever seen, tied with a thick band of papyrus, and in a perfect state of preservation." It was a copy of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, written around 1500 B.C. for Ani, Royal Scribe of Thebes, Overseer of the Granaries of the Lords of Abydos, and Scribe of the Offerings of the Lord of Thebes. This Papyrus of Ani, a full version of the Theban recension, is presented here by Dr. Budge, who later became perhaps the world's most renowned Egyptologist. Reproduced in full are a clear copy of the Egyptian hieroglyphs, an interlinear transliteration of their sounds (as reconstructed), a word-for-word translation, and separately a complete smooth translation. All this is preceded by an introduction of more than 150 pages. As a result of this multiple apparatus, the reader has a unique opportunity to savor all aspects of The Book of the Dead, or as it is otherwise known, The Book of the Great Awakening.
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Auxiliary Sciences of History
Language and Literature
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