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The Egyptian Book of the Dead - The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum; The Egyptian Text with Interlinear Transliteration and Translation, a Runnin (Paperback)
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead - The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum; The Egyptian Text with Interlinear Transliteration and Translation, a Runnin (Paperback)
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The Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani is the Book of the Dead
for Ani, the scribe from Thebes, and is "the largest, the most
perfect, the best preserved, and the best illuminated of all the
papyri," according to editor and translator E.A. Wallis Budge.
"Books of the Dead" were ancient Egyptian funeral texts, employed
from around 1550 B.C. to 50 B.C., intended to help the dead pass
through the underworld into the afterlife with magic spells and
inscriptions which were written on papyrus scrolls and placed in
the coffin. The Papyrus of Ani is a key scroll in understanding
Egyptian Books of the Dead, and this text is ideal for those
interested in the early discovery and translation of Egyptian
hieroglyphics. This is the original 1895 edition and includes the
full version of The Papyrus of Ani. SIR ERNEST ALFRED THOMPSON
WALLIS BUDGE (1857-1934) was born in Bodmin, Cornwall in the UK and
discovered an interest in languages at a very early age. Budge
spent all his free time learning and discovering Semitic languages,
including Assyrian, Syriac, and Hebrew. Eventually, through a close
contact, he was able to acquire a job working with Egyptian and
Iraqi artifacts at the British Museum. Budge excavated and
deciphered numerous cuneiform and hieroglyphic documents,
contributing vastly to the museum's collection. Eventually, he
became the Keeper of his department, specializing in Egyptology.
Budge wrote many books during his lifetime, most specializing in
Egyptian life, religion, and language.
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