Böcker av Wallis E a Budge

This book contains the chapters of the "Book of the Dead", an ancient Egyptian funerary text that was used starting from the beginning of the New Kingdom (approximately 1550 BCE) to approximately 50 BCE. Contents include: "The Book of the Dead", "Description of the Papyri", "Introductory Hymns", "Papyrus of Ani", "Papyrus of Qenna", "Papyrus of Hunefer", "Papyrus of Ani", "Papyrus of Nekht", "Scene of the Weighing of the Heart, "Names of the Gods of the Great Company", etc. Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857 - 1934) was an English Orientalist, Egyptologist, and philologist. He worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient 'Near East'. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in Ancient Egypt and death in Egyptian culture. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

In in 1922, Howard Carter famously discovered Tutankhamun's almost completely intact tomb during an excavation funded by Lord Carnarvon. The discovered garnered worldwide press coverage and ignited a renewal in public interest in the subject of Ancient Egypt. This volume looks at the life and reign of Tutankhamun (1341 - 1323 BC), focusing on Atenism and Egyptian religion-particularly Egyptian monotheism and the god Amen. Contents include: "The Reign of Tutankhamen", "Tutankhamen and the Cult of Amen", "A Hymn to Amen and Atem", "The Cult of Aten, the God and Disk under Amenhetep IV", "Hymns to Aten", "A Hymn to Atem by the King", "A Hymn to Atem by Ali, Overseer of the Horse", "Hymns to the Sun-God", etc. Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857 - 1934) was an English Orientalist, Egyptologist, and philologist. He worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient 'Near East'. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in Ancient Egypt and the pharaoh Tutankhamun in particular. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

This vintage book contains a simple introduction to the study of Egyptian hieroglyphics by E. A. Wallis Budge. Together with an introduction to the subject, it also includes an account of the decipherment of Egyptian Hieroglyphics, as well as an outline of the system of writing and general principles of the use of pictures to express ideas. Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857 - 1934) was an English Orientalist, Egyptologist, and philologist. He worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient 'Near East'. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in Egyptian hieroglyphics and the history and development of deciphering them. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.