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The Egyptian book of the dead

"The Egyptian Book of the Dead is one of the oldest and most influential texts in all history. It is made up of a combination of prayers, spells and speeches that the ancient Egyptians buried with their dead, intended to aid the deceased on their journey into the afterlife. This edition contains images from the exquisite Book of the Dead of Ani, an ancient Egyptian scribe, in its entirety. Meticulously inscribed with hieroglyphics and illustrations of the rituals of the afterlife, the papyrus is shown alongside the translation by acclaimed Egyptologist E.A. Wallis Budge."--Back cover.

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  • ""The Egyptian Book of the Dead is one of the oldest and most influential texts in all history. It is made up of a combination of prayers, spells and speeches that the ancient Egyptians buried with their dead, intended to aid the deceased on their journey into the afterlife. This edition contains images from the exquisite Book of the Dead of Ani, an ancient Egyptian scribe, in its entirety. Meticulously inscribed with hieroglyphics and illustrations of the rituals of the afterlife, the papyrus is shown alongside the translation by acclaimed Egyptologist E.A. Wallis Budge."--Back cover."@en
  • "The Book of the Dead is a unique collection of funerary texts from a wide variety of sources, dating from the fifteenth to the fourth century BC. Consisting of spells, prayers and incantations, each section contains the words of power to overcome obstacles in the afterlife. The papyruses were often left in sarcophagi for the dead to use as passports on their journey from burial, and were full of advice about the ferrymen, gods and kings they would meet on the way. Offering valuable insights into ancient Egypt, The Book of the Dead has long inspired fascination with the occult and the afterlife."@en
  • "The Book of the Dead is a unique collection of funerary texts from a wide variety of sources, dating from the fifteenth to the fourth century BC. Consisting of spells, prayers and incantations, each section contains the words of power to overcome obstacles in the afterlife. The papyruses were often left in sarcophagi for the dead to use as passports on their journey from burial, and were full of advice about the ferrymen, gods and kings they would meet on the way. Offering valuable insights into ancient Egypt, The Book of the Dead has long inspired fascination with the occult and the afterlife."

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  • "The Egyptian book of the dead"@en
  • "The Egyptian book of the dead"
  • "Llibre dels morts"
  • "The Egyptian Book of the Dead : (The papyrus of Ani) Egyptian text transliteration and translation, a running translation, intro, etc. by E. A. Wallis Budge"@en
  • "The Egyptian Book of the dead"@en
  • "The Egyptian Book of the Dead"
  • "Egyptian Book of the Dead"@en
  • "El libro egipcio de los muertos : el papiro de Ani"@es
  • "The Egyptian book of the dead : abridged"@en
  • "Egyptian book of the dead"@en
  • "El Libro egipcio de los muertos : el papiro de Ani"
  • "Book of the dead"@en
  • "Book of the dead"

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