Upon death, it was the practice for Egyptians to produce a papyrus manuscript called the Book of the Dead. A Book of the Dead included declarations and spells to help the deceased in the afterlife. The Papyrus of Ani is the manuscript compiled for Ani, the royal scribe of Thebes. Written and illustrated almost 3,300 years ago, The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript with cursive hieroglyphs. It is the best preserved, and complete example of ancient Egyptian philosophical and religious thought known to exist. The Book of the Dead (Egyptian: rw nw prt m hrw; Arabic: Kitab al-Mawtaa) is an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on Papyrus. rw nw prt m hrw, is translated as Book of Coming Forth by Day or Book of Emerging Forth into the Light. "Book" is the closest term to describe the loose collection of texts[4] consisting of a number of magic spells intended to assist a dead person's journey through the Duat, or underworld, and into the afterlife and written by many priests over a period of about 1,000 years. The finest extant example of the Egyptian Book of the Dead in antiquity is the Papyrus of Ani. Ani was an Egyptian scribe. It was discovered by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge in 1888 and was taken to the British Museum, where it currently resides.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day, The Complete Papyrus of Ani Collection of 12 Books 6" x 9"
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Author: E. A. Wallis Budge
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9798774722846
Details:
Author: E. A. Wallis Budge
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 106
Release Date: 27-11-2021
Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.4 inches Languages: english
EAN: 9798774722846
