This fascinating, erudite, generously illustrated study offers comprehensive and meticulously detailed coverage of mummification processes, burial practices and goods, ritual texts, gods, graves, coffins, the Book of the Dead, and much more.
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Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was a prominent English Egyptologist. First published in 1893, this study contains detailed discussions of the funerary rituals and objects used in Egyptian burials. The text of this reissue is taken from the expanded second edition, published in 1925.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Tough Going....but worth it,
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This review is from: The Mummy: A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary Archaelogy (Paperback)
This handbook is a good reference to keep on one's desk about ancient Egypt. Good overview of hieroglyphics, funeral practices and the fundamental tenets of Egyptian religion. Be warned that is not a "popular" history; it's clearly aimed at the graduate student/professional level. That being said, the book could definitely use a new edition-the one I have says first edition 1893 second edition 1925. The prose reflects this as well: long passages in Greek and French, indicative of British scholastic writing at this time. I'm thinking there's an excellent project here for a doctoral candidate- a new edition reflecting scholarship from the last 75 years, along with appropriate translations (original texts could be appendices so the pedantic can perform their own translations). All in all, the results are worth the reader's effort.
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A must for students of Egyptology,
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This review is from: The Mummy: A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary Archaelogy (Paperback)
Although quite academic and dry this book brings out some great points on the archeology of funerary in ancient egypt. Beginning with a history on egypt, to a consise history of hyroglyphics and the history of writting in eqypt on to the meaty stuff of mummies and all the gory details. He concludes with a nice summary of major talismans and seals. Although this book is not a complete book in any right it is a good beginner book to read before delving into the macabre world of ancient Egypt
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Still a classic to rate with the best,
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Although we've learned a lot over the last century about life and culture in Ancient Egypt, this 1893 classic remains one of the best introductions to the field. Covering all the dynasties from Narmer through to the post-Cleopatra Roman occupation, this book contains enough detailed explanation to enable interested readers to teach themselves the basics of reading hieroglyphic inscriptions and wall texts. As fresh today as when it appeared.
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EGYPT lies in the north-east corner of the continent of Africa, and is joined to Asia by the Isthmus of Suez. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mastabah tombs, ushabtiu figures, sepulchral stele, cartonnage case, sepulchral offerings, mummy chamber, scarabaeus sacer, sarcophagus chamber, scarabs bearing, heart scarab, vague year, hieratic text, green basalt, funerary gifts, funerary offerings, hieroglyphic alphabet, winged disk, sacred beetle, calcareous stone, false door, mummy cloth, foundation deposits, funerary temple, granite sarcophagus, inner coffin Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Museum, Book of the Dead, Rosetta Stone, Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, Other World, Old Kingdom, Pyramid Texts, Western Asia, Theban Recension, Middle Kingdom, Papyrus of Ani, Autokrator Caesar, Neolithic Period, Red Sea, Western Thebes, Cairo Museum, First Cataract, Ptolemaic Period, Silvestre de Sacy, Sothic Period, Mediterranean Sea, Elliot Smith, Fourth Cataract, New York New!
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EGYPT lies in the north-east corner of the continent of Africa, and is joined to Asia by the Isthmus of Suez. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mastabah tombs, ushabtiu figures, sepulchral stele, cartonnage case, sepulchral offerings, mummy chamber, scarabaeus sacer, sarcophagus chamber, scarabs bearing, heart scarab, vague year, hieratic text, green basalt, funerary gifts, funerary offerings, hieroglyphic alphabet, winged disk, sacred beetle, calcareous stone, false door, mummy cloth, foundation deposits, funerary temple, granite sarcophagus, inner coffin Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Museum, Book of the Dead, Rosetta Stone, Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, Other World, Old Kingdom, Pyramid Texts, Western Asia, Theban Recension, Middle Kingdom, Papyrus of Ani, Autokrator Caesar, Neolithic Period, Red Sea, Western Thebes, Cairo Museum, First Cataract, Ptolemaic Period, Silvestre de Sacy, Sothic Period, Mediterranean Sea, Elliot Smith, Fourth Cataract, New York New!
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