Book of the Dead - R.O. Faulkner
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'The Book of the Dead' is the name now given to a collection of religious and magical texts known to the ancient Egyptians as 'The Chapter of Coming-forth by Day'. Their principal aim was to secure for the deceased a satisfactory afterlife and to give him the power to leave his tomb when necessary. Copies of 'The Book of the Dead' written on papyrus rolls were placed in the tombs of important Egyptians, each roll containing a selection of chapters. Many examples have survived from antiquity, dating mostly from c. 1500 BC-250BC. In this volume, the text translated by the late Dr. R.O. Faulkner is that found in the papyrus prepared for the scribe Ani which is one of the greatest treasures in the British Museum. The vignettes are taken ftom the many finely illustrated copies which are preserved in the collections of the British Museum.
With 60 color and 85 black and white illustrations.
The late Dr. R.O. Faulkner, for many years the assistant of the great Egyptologist, Sir Alan Gardiner, wa...
'The Book of the Dead' is the name now given to a collection of religious and magical texts known to the ancient Egyptians as 'The Chapter of Coming-forth by Day'. Their principal aim was to secure for the deceased a satisfactory afterlife and to give him the power to leave his tomb when necessary. Copies of 'The Book of the Dead' written on papyrus rolls were placed in the tombs of important Egyptians, each roll containing a selection of chapters. Many examples have survived from antiquity, dating mostly from c. 1500 BC-250BC. In this volume, the text translated by the late Dr. R.O. Faulkner is that found in the papyrus prepared for the scribe Ani which is one of the greatest treasures in the British Museum. The vignettes are taken ftom the many finely illustrated copies which are preserved in the collections of the British Museum.
With 60 color and 85 black and white illustrations.
The late Dr. R.O. Faulkner, for many years the assistant of the great Egyptologist, Sir Alan Gardiner, wa...
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