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The Egyptian Book of the Dead

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The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Charles H. S. Davis

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Davis presents an introduction, translation and discussion of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, together with reproductions of ancient texts. This is the 1894 Davis edition, distinct from the better-known Budge translations.

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Ancient Egyptian funerary texts; edited and translated with introduction by Charles H. S. Davis. The Egyptian Book of the Dead. 1894 Davis edition. G. P. Putnam’s Sons. 1894. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/books/the-egyptian-book-of-the-dead

Subjects: Religions & Sacred Traditions, Spirits & the Afterlife, Sacred Texts, Ancient Religions, Life After Death
First published: 1894
Edition year: 1894
Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons

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The Egyptian Pantheon: Ra, Osiris and Other Deities

The Egyptian Book of the DeadSource scan leaf 32

Rows of staff-bearing deities combine animal-headed and human forms with distinctive crowns. — The Egyptian Book of the DeadSource scan leaf 36

Closely written horizontal lines surround a small procession of Egyptian figures holding staffs. — The Egyptian Book of the DeadSource scan leaf 202

Small Egyptian figures appear above and beside long blocks of closely written text. — The Egyptian Book of the DeadSource scan leaf 204

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