The Book of the Dead Volume II; A Reproduction in Facsimile Edited, with Hieroglyphic Transcript, Translation and Introduction. This item is unavailable.The Book of the Dead Volume II; A Reproduction in Facsimile Edited, with Hieroglyphic Transcript, Translation and Introduction

Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Philip Lee Warner, London, UK/G P Putnam and Sons, New York. 1913. Volume II, only. Viii, 339-704 pgs. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Egyptian Book of the Dead is unquestionably one of the most influential books in all history. Embodying a ritual to be performed for the dead, with detailed instructions for the behaviors of the disembodied spirit in the Land of the Gods, it served as the most important repository of religious authority for some three thousand years. Chapters were carved on the pyramids of the ancient 5th Dynasty, texts were written in papyrus, and selections were painted on mummy cases well into the Christian Era. In a certain sense it stood behind all Egyptian civilization.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.