Book Summary
The most famous of all ancient Egyptian textsawith an introduction by one of the most celebrated Egyptologists of our time AMONG THE MOST WIDELY read and studied of all ancient writings, "The Egyptian Book of the Dead" consists of funerary texts that ancient Egyptian scribes composed for the benefit of the dead. This astonishing array of spells, hymns and litanies, magical formulae and names, and words of power and prayers were all found cut or painted on walls of pyramids and tombs, and painted on coffins, sarcophagi, and rolls of papyri.
Book Details
| Book Name | The Engyptian Book Of The Dead |
| Author | E. A. Wallis Budge, John Romer |
| Publisher | Penguin Books (Nov 2008) |
| ISBN | 9780140455502 |
| Pages | 698 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 655 |
