The Mummy, A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary Archaeology is linguist
and Orientalist E.A. Wallis Budge's detailed overview of Egyptian
funeral practices and beliefs. Included is a history of Egypt, as
well as the translation of common hieroglyphs, to augment readers'
understanding of Egyptian culture. He describes in detail the
wrapping and burying of mummies, the attendants to the tombs and
the dead, drawings and hieroglyphs found on tomb walls, coffins and
sarcophagi, treasures buried with the dead, and scarabs, among
other things. This book is a beautiful complement to The Book of
the Dead, which describes the Egyptian afterlife and the
motivations for detailed and drawn-out burials. This edition is the
revised and enlarged edition, originally published in 1925. 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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