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Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life; Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics with Sign List
by E. A. Wallis Budge
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. , 1899-02. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 5" . None . A first and second impression of these books on Egypt by E. A. Wallis-Budge. Vols. I and III in the 'Books on Egypt and Chaldaea' series, each complete in itself. Comprising two studies of ancient Egypt by E. A. Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist and Orientalist, author of numerous works on the ancient Near East.Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life, first edition, first impression concerned with the principal ideas and beliefs of ancient Egyptians on resurrection and the future life; second impression of Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics with Sign List, a fascinating dictionary of hieroglyphics with line drawings. Each with half titles and publisher's note. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, bumped to head and tail of spine, general light soiling to boards, back strips darkened particularly to vol. I. Internally, binding generally firm. Light minor spotting to first and last few leaves only, pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Synopsis
Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life places before the reader in a handy form an account of the principal ideas and beliefs held by the ancient Egyptians concerning the resurrection and the future life, which is derived wholly from native religious works. From the beginning to the end of his life the Egyptian's chief thought was of the life beyond the grave, and the hewing of his tomb in the rock, and the providing of its furniture, every detail of which was prescribed by the custom of the country, absorbed the best thoughts of his mind and a large share of his worldly goods, and kept him ever mindful of the time when his mummified body would be borne to his "everlasting house" in the limestone plateau or hill.The chief source of our information concerning the doctrine of the resurrection and of the future life as held by the Egyptians is, of course, the great collection of religious texts generally known by the name of "Book of the Dead." The various recensions of these wonderful compositions cover a period of more than five thousand years, and they reflect faithfully not only the sublime beliefs, and the high ideals, and the noble aspirations of the educated Egyptians, but also the various superstitions and childish reverence for amulets, and magical rites, and charms, which they probably inherited from their pre-dynastic ancestors, and regarded as essentials for their salvation. It must be distinctly understood that many passages and allusions in the Book of the Dead still remain obscure, and that in some places any translator will be at a difficulty in attempting to render certain, important words into any modern European language. But it is absurd to talk of almost the whole text of the Book of the Dead as being utterly corrupt, for royal personages, and priests, and scribes, to say nothing of the ordinary educated folk, would not have caused costly copies of a very lengthy work to be multiplied, and illustrated by artists possessing the highest skill, unless it had some meaning to them, and was necessary for the attainment by them of the life which is beyond the grave. The "finds" of recent years in Egypt have resulted in the recovery of valuable texts whereby numerous difficulties have been cleared away; and we must hope that the faults made in translating to-day may be corrected by the discoveries of to-morrow. In spite of all difficulties, both textual and grammatical, sufficient is now known of the Egyptian religion to prove, with certainty, that the Egyptians possessed, some six thousand years ago, a religion and a system of morality which, when stripped of all corrupt accretions, stand second to none among those which have been developed by the greatest nations of the world.
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 843A18
- Title
- Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life; Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics with Sign List
- Author
- E. A. Wallis Budge
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899-02
- Size
- 7" by 5"
- Keywords
- first editions ea wallis budge egyptology egypt ea wallis budge archaeology
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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