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The Mummy: A History of the Extraordinary Practices of Ancient Egypt (original 1893; edition 1993)

by E. A. Wallis Budge (Author)

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Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was a prominent English Egyptologist who was Keeper of the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum between 1893 and 1924. He was knighted in 1920 for his contributions to Egyptology. First published in 1893, this book contains a detailed discussion of the funerary rituals and objects which were used in Egyptian religion to allow the deceased to live again in the Duat (the afterlife). Budge provides detailed descriptions of common religious texts, religious rites and the major deities involved in these. He also includes interpretations for other artefacts which commonly accompanied a burial, including shabiti statues and amulets. His comprehensive study represents the state of Egyptian funerary archaeology before major archaeological finds of the twentieth century challenged its interpretations. The text reissued here is taken from the expanded and revised second edition, published in 1925.… (more)
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Title:The Mummy: A History of the Extraordinary Practices of Ancient Egypt
Authors:E. A. Wallis Budge (Author)
Info:Wings Books (Random House) (1993), Edition: Illlustrated, 404 pages
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2006 one of the better books this year ( )
  amazon59 | Oct 4, 2009 |
Reprint of a classic by Budge, a pioneering Egyptologist. He covers all of the rituals associated with the process of mummification and burial in the religion of the Ancient Egyptians based on tomb illustrations and artifacts recovered through archaeology. ( )
  drj | Jul 9, 2008 |
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Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was a prominent English Egyptologist who was Keeper of the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum between 1893 and 1924. He was knighted in 1920 for his contributions to Egyptology. First published in 1893, this book contains a detailed discussion of the funerary rituals and objects which were used in Egyptian religion to allow the deceased to live again in the Duat (the afterlife). Budge provides detailed descriptions of common religious texts, religious rites and the major deities involved in these. He also includes interpretations for other artefacts which commonly accompanied a burial, including shabiti statues and amulets. His comprehensive study represents the state of Egyptian funerary archaeology before major archaeological finds of the twentieth century challenged its interpretations. The text reissued here is taken from the expanded and revised second edition, published in 1925.

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Over three thousand years, the dream of the afterlife became a prime focus of society in ancient Egypt. They believed proper preparation determined successful transition of the soul.
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