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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 299.31 EAN: 9780517122839 ISBN: 0517122839 Label: Gramercy Manufacturer: Gramercy Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 736 Publication Date: January 23, 1995 Publisher: Gramercy Release Date: January 23, 1995 Studio: Gramercy Editorial Review: Product Description: Including the Hieroglyphic Transcript and English Translation of the Papyrus of Ani Fascinating compendium of ancient Egyptian mythology, religious beliefs and magical practices. Includes spells, incantations, hymns, magical formulas and prayers. All explained by one of the most knowledgeable and respected Egyptologists of the early 20th century. B&W illustrations, photographs and hieroglyphics throughout. 704 pages. Average Rating:
 Rating: - a slap in Egyptologists faceThis book is proof that many archeologists and egyptologists don't know what they are talking about. For example when the Egyptologists say that The Eye of Horus is supposed to be the sun, this book shows this is simply impossible. It mentiones that the eye of Horus was measured in a specific number of cubits, and even the pupal is measured. ( I don't have the exact measurements handy but it works out to about 15-25 feet and the pupil about 6 feet) The entire object is about the size ... Read More Rating:  - Not what I expectedThis is a "booklet" the book I thought it was has over 300 pages. A very big waste of money! Rating:  - Honesty on BudgeBudge's book is just as good as the others who claim to be experts. The only people who have a problem with Budge, are those who believe the altered noses, lips and sand blasted colors of the remaining Egyptian statues...represent the African people who were originally the Kamitians. Budge and other white European scholars who 'told it like it was' are constantly being ridiculed for not joining the bogus scheme of alterations and forgeries in the effort of 'whitewashing Egypt' as is the trend today. ... Read More Rating:  - Oh, Osiris!As a long time fan of ancient Egyptian study, I wanted to pick this up to further understand a fascinating culture. This version is not for the casual reader and offers a rather in-depth look at the scrolls intended for burial and embalming of a body as prescribed in the 'Book of the Dead'. I tend to lean towards more educational depictions of historic cultures and this fit the bill. It is lengthy however and doesn't lean to the narrative, but will still give an enlightened view into ancient Egyptian ... Read More Rating: - A FEW FACTS ..........Budge's work is great. Yes, his style of English is out of date and his tranliterations are different. For example, modern writers prefer to transliterate "ntr" as: NEJER or NECHER. Budge uses NETER. Many points of Egyptian grammar remain very unclear and much of what passes for "modern translations" are more guess work than actual translations. The real reason Budge is trashed so often has nothing to do with his translations at all! After many, many years of study Budge abandoned the ... Read More |
