Bibliograph

The Egyptian Book of the dead, the papyrus of Ani

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The Egyptian Book of the dead, the papyrus of Ani

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Egyptian Book of the dead

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Barnes & Noble Library of essential reading

Sub title

the papyrus of Ani

Summary

The Egyptian Book of the Dead is by far the most sensational book handed down from the priests of ancient Egypt. After nearly 4500 years it still intrigues modern readers with its imaginative insights into the universal human condition and the desire for a blissful afterlife. Entombed with this book of rituals, the deceased had an illustrated travel guide for the nightly journey with the sun through the dark and dangerous underworld, providing a guarantee of resurrection in the afterlife at dawn. We discover in the Book of the Dead a commonly shared humanity that reaches out to us across more than four thousand years with timeless and universal expressions of hopes and fears that are sometimes quite familiar, sometimes quite strange

Target audience

adult

Classification

Genre