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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians

E. A. Wallis, Sir Budge

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 275 pages

E. A. Wallis Budge's introductory collection of essays and translated specimens of ancient Egyptian literature gathered from tombs, papyri, stelae and monuments. It surveys major periods of writing under the pharaohs, including religious, funerary and wisdom texts. It is worth listening to as an accessible early overview of Egyptian literary culture.

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The Elysian Fields of the Egyptians according to the
Papyrus of Ani.
The Elysian Fields of the Egyptians according to the
Papyrus of Ani.
1. Ani adoring the gods of
Sekhet-Aaru.
3. Ani ploughing in the Other World.
2. Ani reaping in the Other
World.
4. The abode of the perfect spirits, and
the magical boats.
THE
LITERATURE
OF THE
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
BY
E.A. WALLIS BUDGE, M.A., LITT.D.
Sometime Scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge, and
Tyrwhitt
Hebrew Scholar; Keeper of the Department of Egyptian
and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum
1914
LONDON
J.M. DENT & SONS LIMITED

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Contents

  1. THE LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
  2. E.A. WALLIS BUDGE, M.A., LITT.D.
  3. LONDON J.M. DENT & SONS LIMITED Aldine House, Bedford Street, W.C.
  4. PREFACE
  5. CONTENTS.
  6. ILLUSTRATIONS
  7. THE LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS CHAPTER I
  8. CHAPTER II
  9. CHAPTER III
  10. CHAPTER IV
  11. CHAPTER V
  12. CHAPTER VI
  13. CHAPTER VII
  14. CHAPTER VIII
  15. CHAPTER IX
  16. CHAPTER X
  17. CHAPTER XI
  18. CHAPTER XII
  19. CHAPTER XIII
  20. CHAPTER XIV
  21. CHAPTER XV
  22. INDEX A
  23. B
  24. C
  25. D
  26. E
  27. F
  28. G
  29. H
  30. I

and 16 more chapters

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