- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: Cassell Illustrated; New edition edition (31 Oct 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0304356190
- ISBN-13: 978-0304356195
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 20 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,389,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The collections of charms, formulas, hymns and spells designed to accompany the dead of Ancient Egypt on their journey to the afterlife have always exerted a powerful fascination on modern generations. Written on papyrus, inscribed on the walls of tombs and sarcophagi, or engraved on amulets, these texts with their vignette illustrations give us unparalleled insights into the ideas, beliefs and religious systems of the magnificent civilizations that flourished from 1600BC to 900BC. The Books of the Dead were regarded as all-powerful guides along the roads that passed through death and the grave to lead to the realms of light and life, into the presence of the divine Osiris, the conqueror of death, and his consort Isis.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great version of the book of the Dead,
By A Customer
This review is from: Book of the Dead (Egypt) (Paperback)
Mr. Budge's book is a wonderfull translation, and transliteration of this famous Ancient Egyptian document. With the heiroglyphics included in the transliteration, one is also able to study heiroglyphic translation as one reads the various chapters. Because the heiroglyphics are placed in the book as uniform graphics, the continuity of the pictures, helps the reader more efficiently follow the transliteration, thereby helping the reader deduce what symbols mean what, and thereby adding another facet to this wonderfull volume. The only drawback to this book, is the lack of photographs of the actual papyri. This problem is significant in some respects, but overall this volume is able to clearly define all of those items that the ancients felt were vital to get one (a deceased one) into the afterlife.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
For the real fanatic, not the amateur,
By A Customer
This review is from: Book of the Dead (Egypt) (Paperback)
I have a great interest in Ancient Egypt, and have read a great deal about it. I thought that this book would interest me, but in fact, it's very dusty, dry and for the real academic. It must be remembered also that it was originally published in 1895, which makes the style seem extremely pedantic and old fashioned. Perhaps once I have done more deep research into the topic, I will come back to this book, but for now, it will gather dust on my book-shelf.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ancient Egypt explored,
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This review is from: Book of the Dead (Egypt) (Paperback)
Sir E Wallis Budge was a controversial member of the British Museum staff who purchased a book of the dead, "The Papyrus of Ani" in 1881. It was unique, the first book of the dead to be discovered intact, in this case, seventy-eight feet in length; surprisingly, to the astonishment of colleagues, he later cut into thirty-eight equal-sized sections to facilitate his study of the hieroglyphics.
In a distinguished career as an Egyptologist, he wrote many books, developed the world's knowledge of the ancient country and expanded the British Museum's Egyptian collection enormously. This well-illustrated text, (although few are in colour) contains full reproductions of books of the dead, including the Papyrus of Ani, and complete translations of their content. It is a very good - but scholarly and without frills - introduction to ancient Egyptian religion, funeral rites and attitudes to death and life after death. Interestingly, the more familiar one becomes with Egyptian religious rituals and ideas, the more familiar they seem; the roots of modern religious beliefs and practices seem to lie just beneath the desert sands. Recommended, especially at this price.
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