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The Egyptian book of the dead, the book of going forth by day : being the Papyrus of Ani (royal scribe of the divine offerings), written and illustrated circa 1250 B.C.E., by scribes and artists unknown, including the balance of chapters of the books of the dead known as the theban recension, compiled from ancient texts, dating back to the roots of egyptian civilization, translated by Raymond O. Faulkner ; with additional translations and a commentary by Ogden Goelet JR. ; with color illustrations from the facsimile volume produced in 1890 under the supervision of P. Le Page Renouf and E.A. Wallis Budge ; introduced by Carol A.R. Andrews ; edited by Eva Von Dassow ; in an edition conceived by James Wasserman

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The Egyptian book of the dead, the book of going forth by day : being the Papyrus of Ani (royal scribe of the divine offerings), written and illustrated circa 1250 B.C.E., by scribes and artists unknown, including the balance of chapters of the books of the dead known as the theban recension, compiled from ancient texts, dating back to the roots of egyptian civilization, translated by Raymond O. Faulkner ; with additional translations and a commentary by Ogden Goelet JR. ; with color illustrations from the facsimile volume produced in 1890 under the supervision of P. Le Page Renouf and E.A. Wallis Budge ; introduced by Carol A.R. Andrews ; edited by Eva Von Dassow ; in an edition conceived by James Wasserman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 171)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Egyptian book of the dead

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

191856137

Responsibility statement

translated by Raymond O. Faulkner ; with additional translations and a commentary by Ogden Goelet JR. ; with color illustrations from the facsimile volume produced in 1890 under the supervision of P. Le Page Renouf and E.A. Wallis Budge ; introduced by Carol A.R. Andrews ; edited by Eva Von Dassow ; in an edition conceived by James Wasserman

Sub title

the book of going forth by day : being the Papyrus of Ani (royal scribe of the divine offerings), written and illustrated circa 1250 B.C.E., by scribes and artists unknown, including the balance of chapters of the books of the dead known as the theban recension, compiled from ancient texts, dating back to the roots of egyptian civilization

Summary

Reissue of the legendary 3,500-year-old Papyrus of Ani, the most beautiful of the ornately illustrated Egyptian funerary scrolls ever discovered, restored in its original sequences of text and artwork

Table Of Contents

Papyrus of Ani -- Map key to papyrus -- Balance of the Theban recension

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