Egyptian Book of the Dead, The : Papyrus of Ani (The Great Awakening) - Softcover

Budge; E. A. Wallis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 161759041X ISBN 13: 9781617590412

Publisher: EWorld Inc., 2016

Synopsis

The history of the great body of religious compositions which form the Book of the Dead, translated by Wallis Budge

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About the Author

Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (July 27, 1857 November 23, 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. Budge was was a strong proponent of liberal Christianity and was devoted to comparative religions. He is well known for translating The Egyptian Book of The Dead and analyzing many of the practices of Egyptian religion and language. Budge's works were widely read by the educated public and among those seeking comparative ethnological data, including James Frazer.

Under Budge's directorship, the British Museum came to hold arguably the best collection of Ancient Near East artifacts in the world, allowing the British and other Western publics to enjoy and learn from these significant civilizations that were distant in both time and space from their own lives, broadening their horizons and advancing our understanding that humankind can unite as one extended human family throughout the world.
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Edition details

• Publisher: EWorld Inc.
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 161759041X
• ISBN 13: 9781617590412
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544