Egyptian Book of the Dead

by King Unas

Overview

The Book of the Dead is the modern name of an ancient Egyptian funerary text,the original Egyptian name for the text, transliterated rw nw prt m hrw is translated as "Book of Coming Forth by Day". Another translation would be "Book of emerging forth into the Light".

The text consists of a number of magic spells intended to assist the dead's journey through the Duat, or underworld, and into the afterlife. The Book of the Dead was part of a tradition which includes the earlier Pyramid Texts. Some of the spells included were drawn from these older works and date to the 3rd millennium BC.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011976988
Publisher:	Baxter St.
Publication date:	10/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	599 KB

About the Author

Dickens, Charles