Egyptian Ideas of the Afterlife

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Publication Date: 23rd January 2013

In this volume, a noted Egyptologist offers a concise, scholarly exposition of Egyptian belief in Osiris, god of the resurrection; other "gods" of the Egyptians; the judgment of the dead and the resurrection; and immortality. Also, the meaning of the afterlife for ancient Egyptians and its ramifications for Egyptian society.
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In this volume, a noted Egyptologist offers a concise, scholarly exposition of Egyptian belief in Osiris, god of the resurrection; other "gods" of the Egyptians; the judgment of the dead and the resurrection; and immortality. Also, the meaning of the afterlife for ancient Egyptians and its ramifications for Egyptian society.
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In this volume, a noted Egyptologist offers a concise, scholarly exposition of Egyptian belief in Osiris, god of the resurrection; other "gods" of the Egyptians; the judgment of the dead and the resurrection; and immortality. Also, the meaning of the afterlife for ancient Egyptians and its ramifications for Egyptian society.
Details
  • Price: $9.95
  • Pages: 224
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Egypt
  • Publication Date: 23rd January 2013
  • Trim Size: 5.37 x 8 in
  • ISBN: 9780486158679
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt
Author Bio
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857–1934) ranked among the most distinguished Egyptologists of his era. In addition to his 40-year career at the British Museum, Budge was a prolific and popular author who specialized in books on ancient Egyptian religion and hieroglyphic primers.
In this volume, a noted Egyptologist offers a concise, scholarly exposition of Egyptian belief in Osiris, god of the resurrection; other "gods" of the Egyptians; the judgment of the dead and the resurrection; and immortality. Also, the meaning of the afterlife for ancient Egyptians and its ramifications for Egyptian society.
  • Price: $9.95
  • Pages: 224
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Egypt
  • Publication Date: 23rd January 2013
  • Trim Size: 5.37 x 8 in
  • ISBN: 9780486158679
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857–1934) ranked among the most distinguished Egyptologists of his era. In addition to his 40-year career at the British Museum, Budge was a prolific and popular author who specialized in books on ancient Egyptian religion and hieroglyphic primers.