"Book of the Dead" is the title now commonly given to the great collection of funerary texts which the ancient Egyptian scribes composed for the benefit of the dead. These consist of spells and incantations, hymns and litanies, magical formulae and names, words of power and prayers, and they are found cut or painted on walls of pyramids and tombs, and painted on coffins and sarcophagi and rolls of papyri. The title "Book of the Dead" is somewhat unsatisfactory and misleading, for the texts neither form a connected work nor belong to one period; they are miscellaneous in character, and tell us nothing about the lives and works of the dead with whom they were buried. Moreover, the Egyptians possessed many funerary works that might rightly be called "Books of the Dead," but none of them bore a name that could be translated by the title "Book of the Dead." This title was given to the great collection of funerary texts in the first quarter of the nineteenth century by the pioneer Egyptologists, who.......
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Fascinating compendium of ancient Egyptian mythology, religious beliefs and magical practices. Includes spells, incantations, hymns, magical formulas and prayers. All explained by one of the most knowledgeable and respected Egyptologists of the early 20th century. B&W illustrations, photographs and hieroglyphics throughout. 704 pages. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Fascinating compendium of ancient Egyptian mythology, religious beliefs and magical practices. Includes spells, incantations, hymns, magical formulas and prayers. All explained by one of the most knowledgeable and respected Egyptologists of the early 20th century. B&W illustrations, photographs and hieroglyphics throughout. 704 pages. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Being an archaeologist, I know better than to claim that there is such a thing as a wrong or right inference. They are all just interpretations of available information that can be translated differently by another person (I believe this is why Budge included the original text--in order to give the reader a chance to make hs own inferences). The best way to judge an interpretation based on artifacts and proveniences is by the background and experience of the academic doing the translation. Being a celebrated Egyptologist for such a long period of time ought to count for something. I know I wouldn't disparage a fellow Archy based on the words of a fictional man from a movie that claimed pyramids were built by aliens.
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It's a given that serious egyptologists will roll their eyes at anything by Budge (there's a great moment at the beginning of the film "Stargate" where James Spader's character makes a quip about Budge's books).However, if you are interested in 19th-century occultists (Blavatsky, Crowley, etc) then you probably should have this translation on your shelf next to a more modern one, because Budge is a primary source of their ideas about Egyptian gods and religion (which are interesting in their own right, though not historically accurate or scholarly). And again, at least Budge's stuff is widely and inexpensively available in Dover paperback editions....
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Read the original first !!!!!!!!!,
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I gave this book 5 stars simply for the reason being that Budge was the first to translate the Egyptian Text and offered a literal translation. In contrast, if anyone wants to read a mystical interpretation of the text the best available for this would be: (The Egyptian Book of the Dead : The Book of Coming Forth by Day by: Muata A. Ashbi)
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The Recensions of the great body of religious compositions, which were drawn up for the use of dead kings, nobles, priests, and others, and which form the Book of the Dead of the Ancient Egyptians may be thus summarized :-I. The Heliopolitan Recension, i.e., that which was edited by the priests of the College of Anu (the On of the Bible, and the Heliopolis of the Greeks), and which was based upon a series of texts now lost. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ascendeth into heaven, recite four times, seh chamber, not letting the heart, door saith, protecteth thee, thou art purified, sepulchral building, great cosmic gods, older papyri, very ancient god, thy cavern, sepulchral meals, deceased standing, four rudders, linen apparel, deceased holding, grant thou, mummy form, goeth round, other papyri, spoken falsehood, deliver thou, great cackler, crude mud Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Osiris Ani, Book of the Dead, Papyrus of Ani, Other World, Recueil de Travaux, Pyramid Texts, Papyrus of Nebseni, Theban Recension, Turin Papyrus, British Museum, Tchatcha Chiefs, Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, House of Osiris, Four Sons of Horus, Chapters of Coming Forth, Sektet Boat, Elysian Fields, Field of Offerings, Celestial Waters, Urrt Crown, White Crown, Field of Reeds, Negative Confession, Ancient Empire New!
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The Recensions of the great body of religious compositions, which were drawn up for the use of dead kings, nobles, priests, and others, and which form the Book of the Dead of the Ancient Egyptians may be thus summarized :-I. The Heliopolitan Recension, i.e., that which was edited by the priests of the College of Anu (the On of the Bible, and the Heliopolis of the Greeks), and which was based upon a series of texts now lost. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ascendeth into heaven, recite four times, seh chamber, not letting the heart, door saith, protecteth thee, thou art purified, sepulchral building, great cosmic gods, older papyri, very ancient god, thy cavern, sepulchral meals, deceased standing, four rudders, linen apparel, deceased holding, grant thou, mummy form, goeth round, other papyri, spoken falsehood, deliver thou, great cackler, crude mud Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Osiris Ani, Book of the Dead, Papyrus of Ani, Other World, Recueil de Travaux, Pyramid Texts, Papyrus of Nebseni, Theban Recension, Turin Papyrus, British Museum, Tchatcha Chiefs, Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, House of Osiris, Four Sons of Horus, Chapters of Coming Forth, Sektet Boat, Elysian Fields, Field of Offerings, Celestial Waters, Urrt Crown, White Crown, Field of Reeds, Negative Confession, Ancient Empire New!
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