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This deluxe hardback gift edition showcases ""The Egyptian Book of the Dead,"" adorned with original full-color illustrations and stenciled page edges. Comprising ancient spells and prayers, this text served to guide the departed through the afterlife's perils toward eternal existence. Originally part of funeral rites, these scrolls offer profound insights into Egyptian culture. Featuring images from the exquisite Papyrus of Ani and hieroglyphic text translated by renowned Egyptologist E.A. Wallis Budge, this edition is a captivating collectible. Part of the Arcturus Luxury Classics series, celebrated for its opulent presentation of timeless literary works.

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The version of Egyptian funerary scrolls used in this edition is that of the famous and well-preserved Papyrus of Ani, written around 1500BC. Ani was the Royal Scribe of Thebes, Overseer of the Granaries of the Lords of Abydos, and Scribe of the Offerings of the Lords of Thebes. Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was a renowned Egyptologist who worked at the British Museum in London and made significant contributions to the Museum's collections of cuneiform tablets and papyri as a result of his many trips to the Near East. He was a prolific author who contributed much to the study of hieroglyphics.

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