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The Book of the Dead The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum
The Book of the Dead The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum
ISBN
9780486218663
Published
1967
Pages
377
Publisher
Courier Corporation
About This Book
The Egyptian Book of the Dead is unquestionably one of the most influential books in all history. Embodying a ritual to be performed for the dead, with detailed instructions for the behaviors of the disembodied spirit in the Land of the Gods, it served as the most important repository of religious authority for some three thousand years. Chapters were carved on the pyramids of the ancient 5th Dynasty, texts were written in papyrus, and selections were painted on mummy cases well into the
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