The Egyptian Book of the Dead.XviD+PDF

The Egyptian Book of the Dead.XviD+PDF

1) Film

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Genre: History
Year: 2006
Country: USA
Runtime: 83
Director: Petra Haffter

The Papyrus of Ani, which is thought to date back to 1800BC, is the largest and most beautiful of all the
Egyptian funery scrolls. Known widely as the ‘Book of the Dead’, it is an astounding collection of the
writings that were placed in tombs as a means of guiding the ancient Egyptian soul on its journey to the
afterlife.

The text, which was written by Egyptian Priests, outlines the progress of a soul into the afterlife,
beginning with mummification, and culminating in the beautiful and terrifying ritual of ‘The Weighing of
the Heart.’ It also contains spells and rituals to help the mummified corpse on its perilous voyage.
We follow the story of this tremendous document from its creation near the site of the ancient Egyptian
city of Thebes; to its re-discovery, and theft, in 1887.

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2) Book

Budge, Wallis - The Egyptian Book of the Dead

The Papyrus of Ani, which was acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum in the year 1888, is the
largest, the most perfect, the best preserved, and the best illuminated of all the papyri which date from
the second half of the XVIIIth dynasty (about B.C. 1500 to 1400). Its rare vignettes, and hymns, and
chapters, and its descriptive and introductory rubrics render it of unique importance for the study of the
Book of the Dead, and it takes a high place among the authoritative texts of the Theban version of that
remarkable work. Although it contains less than one-half of the chapters which are commonly assigned
to that version, we may conclude that Ani's exalted official position as Chancellor of the ecclesiastical
revenues and endowments of Abydos and Thebes would have ensured a selection of such chapters as
would suffice for his spiritual welfare in the future life. We may therefore regard the Papyrus of Ani as
typical of the funeral book in vogue among the Theban nobles of his time.

The first edition of the Facsimile of the Papyrus was issued in 1890, and was accompanied by a valuable
Introduction by Mr. Le Page Renouf, then Keeper of the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian
Antiquities. But, in order to satisfy a widely expressed demand for a translation of the text, the present
volume has been prepared to be issued with the second edition of the Facsimile. It contains the
hieroglyphic text of the Papyrus with interlinear transliteration and word for word translation, a full
description of the vignettes, and a running translation; and in the Introduction an attempt has been made
to illustrate from native

Budge, Wallis - The Egyptian Book of the Dead.pdf

Comment: Indiana Jones is real after all. Life can be an adventure, if you allow it to be so. The Egyptian
Book of the Dead - a guide for the living. Subtitles for our Greek friends here.

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