Revival: The Book of The Dead Vol 1 (1909): The Chapters of Coming Forth By Day or The Theban Recension of The Book of The Dead: Volume I

by E. A. Wallis Budge

Overview

E. A. Wallis translated and transcribed this work. The Book of the Dead is the name given by the ancient Egyptian funeral text 'The Book of Coming '[or 'Going']' Forth By Day'.

The book details the Egyptian view of the afterlife. Included are spells, hymns and instructions for the dead to pass through obstacles in the afterlife. This papyrus scroll was placed in the coffin of the deceased. The Book of the Dead was first thought to be a Bible but is it not a religious work. It is an instruction manual for the recently departed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138566835
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/28/2019
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt and the Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920 he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.

Table of Contents

1: The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day.; 2: The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day.