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"The Egyptian Book of Dead"--the Ancient Egyptian title is 'rw nw prt m hrw' , roughly translated as "Spells of Going Forth by Day" -- was written by the ancient Egyptians as a sort of guide to help newly deceased souls as they crossed over into the afterlife. It was usually written on a papyrus scroll which was sent with the prepared body in its coffin or burial chamber.German Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius first used the title, "Book of the Dead" in a selection of texts he published in 1842. Since then, the word "Egy... More >>>Note that, unfortunately, not all my books can be downloaded due to the restrictions of copyright. However, most of the books on this site do not have copyright restrictions. If you find any copyright violation, please contact me at . I am very attentive to the issue of copyright and try to avoid any violations, but on the other hand to help all fans of magic to get access to information.
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Category 1:  Egyptian Magic
Category 2:  Necromancy and Necronomicon
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Author:      EA Wallis Budge
Format:      eBook
"The Egyptian Book of Dead"--the Ancient Egyptian title is 'rw nw prt m hrw' , roughly translated as "Spells of Going Forth by Day" -- was written by the ancient Egyptians as a sort of guide to help newly deceased souls as they crossed over into the afterlife. It was usually written on a papyrus scroll which was sent with the prepared body in its coffin or burial chamber.

German Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius first used the title, "Book of the Dead" in a selection of texts he published in 1842. Since then, the word "Egyptian" has been added and it has become the generally accepted title of the book. E. A. Wallis Budge published this translation in 1901 and, as an important version, it is still in print to this day.

The Book of the Dead was the product of a long process of evolution from the Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom (writings on the crypt walls intending to help the dead person) to the Coffin Texts of the Middle Kingdom (similar writings, placed on the outside of a coffin). Eventually, many of these texts were written on papyrus and placed in the burial chamber, or inside the coffin with the mummy.

About one-third of the chapters in The Book of the Dead are derived from the earlier Coffin Texts. The Book of the Dead itself was adapted to The Book of Breathings in the Late Period, but remained popular in its own right until the Roman period.



About Author:

Budge was an English Egyptologist who worked for the British Museum between 1883 and 1924. His various translations were widely used in the academic community for many years and, again, some of them right up to the present.

Throughout the years he studied and could translate many languages, including, ancient Egyptian, Hebrew, Syriac, Ethiopic and Arabic and Assyrian. He published important translations on the ancient Near East in these languages.

Although Budge retired from the British Museum in 1924, he continued to publish notable books and translations right up to the year he died, 1934. Probably the most important of his publications was this book, The Egyptian Book Of The Dead.