L'obiettivo principale di questa edizione consiste nel fornire informazioni sulla religione, la magia, la lingua e le storia degli antichi Egizi, avvallate dai testi originali da cui sono state tratte....

La magia egiziana sorge dai tempi predinastici e preistorici in cui si credeva che la terra, e il mondo sotterraneo, l'aria e il cielo, fossero popolati da innumerevoli esseri, visibili e invisibili,...

Writing in ancient Egypt first appeared in the late 4th millennium BC during the late phase of predynastic Egypt. By the Old Kingdom, literary works included funerary texts, epistles and letters, hymns...

E. A. Wallis Budge's 'The History of Ancient Egyptian Literature' is a comprehensive and scholarly exploration of the rich literary tradition of ancient Egypt. Written in a clear and accessible style,...

THE announcement made early in December, 1922, of the discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings in Western Thebes by the late Lord Carnarvon and Mr. Howard Carter sent...

THIS volume contains a complete English translation of the famous Ethiopian work, The "Kebra Nagast," i.e. the "Glory of the Kings [of Ethiopia]." This work has been held in peculiar honour in Abyssinia...

THE announcement made early in December, 1922, of the discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings in Western Thebes by the late Lord Carnarvon and Mr. Howard Carter sent...

This is a translation of the Kebra Nagast, a tremendous collection of Ethiopian Biblical folklore. The Kebra Nagast tells the legend of the Queen of Sheba's son by King Solomon, Menyelek (also known herein...

THE announcement made early in December, 1922, of the discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings in Western Thebes by the late Lord Carnarvon and Mr. Howard Carter sent...

The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript with cursive hieroglyphs and illustrations created c. 1250 BCE, in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. Egyptians compiled an individualized...

The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian...

In 'The Literature of Ancient Egypt' by E. A. Wallis Budge, readers are provided with a comprehensive overview of the rich literary tradition of ancient Egypt. Budge delves into various genres of literature...

In 'The Literature of Ancient Egypt' by E. A. Wallis Budge, readers are taken on a fascinating journey through the rich and mystical world of ancient Egyptian writings. Budge meticulously compiles and...

Tutankhamun, Tutankhamon or Tutankhamen (c. 1341 BC – c. 1323 BC), also known as Tutankhaten, was the antepenultimate pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. His death marked the end of the...

Babylonian religion is the religious practice of Babylonia. Babylonia's mythology was greatly influenced by its Sumerian counterparts and was written on clay tablets inscribed with the cuneiform script...