Egyptian Religion
by E. A. Wallis Budge
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In the pursuit of their amazingly complex vision of the afterlife, the ancient Egyptians created some of the most remarkable structures ever built by human hands. In Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life, famed Egyptologist and philologist E.A. Wallis Budge sets forth a comprehensive overview of the ancient culture's conception of the afterlife and the profound influence it exerted on virtually every aspect of Egyptian life..
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This book is the history of the extraordinary religion of Ancient Egypt. Perceived as a forerunner of Christianity with its similar icons and emphasis on resurrection and the afterlife, Egyptian Religion provides an in-depth study of myths, rituals, and deities
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E.A. Wallis Budge, 1857 - 1934 Budge was the Curator of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum from 1894 to 1924. He was also a Sometime Scholar of Christ's College, a scholar at the University of Cambridge, Tyrwhitt, and a Hebrew Scholar. He collected a large number of Coptic, Greek, Arabic, Syriac, Ethiopian, and Egyptian Papyri show more manuscripts. He was involved in numerous archaeology digs in Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Sudan. Budge is known for translating the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which is also known as The Papyrus of Ani. He also analyzed many of the practices of Egyptian religion, language and ritual. His written works consisted of translated texts and hieroglyphs and a complete dictionary of hieroglyphs. Budge's published works covered areas of Egyptian culture ranging from Egyptian religion, Egyptian mythology and magical practices. He was knighted in 1920. E.A. Wallis Budge died on November 23, 1934 in London, England. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life
- Alternate titles
- Egyptian Religion: Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life; Egyptian Ideas of the Afterlife
- Original publication date
- 1899
- First words
- Preface. The following pages are intended to place before the reader in a handy form an account of the principal ideas and beliefs held by the ancient Egyptians concerning the resurrection and the future life, which is derive... (show all)d wholly from native religious works.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)If this fact be borne in mind many apparent difficulties will disappear before the readers in this perusal of Egyptian texts, and the religion of the Egyptians will be seen to possess a consistence of aim and a steadiness of principle which, to some, it at first appears to lack. The End.
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- English
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- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History, Anthropology, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 299.31 — Religion Other religions Shintoism/Taoism/Other Mythologies Of North African Origin Ancient Egyptian
- LCC
- BL2441 .B8 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism History and principles of religions African Egyptian
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