About “The Book of the Dead”

The Book of the Dead is the title commonly given to the great collection of funerary texts ancient Egyptian scribes composed for the dead, including spells, incantations, hymns, litanies, magical formulae, and prayers found on pyramid and tomb walls, coffins, sarcophagi, and papyri. This volume is a treatise and analysis of the collection, also known as Spells of Coming Forth by Day, by Egyptologist E. A. Wallis Budge.

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Published
1894
Latest edition
1894 · ISBN 9781554497775
ISBN
9781554497775

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How many pages is The Book of the Dead?

The Book of the Dead by E. A. Wallis Budge has 533 pages.

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