Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection, Vol. 1 (Volume 1)

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Budge during his day was the ultimate scholar on the ancient Egyptians because he sincerely wanted to understand the ancient dwellers of the Nile. As a result, he wrote a number of books including books on the hieroglyphic language but somewhere alone the line he fell out of favor and many suspect that it was because of this two volume book. In his quest to understand who the ancient Egyptians were and not accept that they just disappeared off the face of the earth with no trace, as some would like the public to believe. Budge using cultural comparison tried to trace the ancient Egyptian influence. What he discovered was that out of all of the people in the world, the people that shared the most cultural practices and traits with the ancient Egyptians were the Africans in Sub Sahara Africa.In this book (and the second volume) are a listing of cultural traits that Budge found that only the Ancient Egyptians and Sub Saharan Africans practice. For instance, most scholars will say that the ancient Egyptians worshiped the sun, proof that they are just repeating what early egyptologists have said to them, thus perpetuating the myth that the ancient Egyptians were idol worshipers. Budge however found that it was not the sun the ancient Egyptians held in high regard, but the Moon like other Sub Saharan Africans. You will find out that the reason why after serious study is because the Moon corresponded to the Amun Ra, which is the highest manifestation of Ra.A highly recommend this book if you are interested in going beyond ancient Egyptian 101 and aren't afraid or ashamed to discover the cultural roots.

Way more ancient history than I was prepared for; it's obvious Wallis Budge did his homework in researching this book. He goes into great detail about the legends & rituals of the ancient Egyptians, which did interest me. However, he compares the Egyptian rituals with those of many primitive African tribes, which I thought was not needed in this book.

Awesome read highly recommended for anyone interested in the origins of ancient Egyptian religious concepts. This publication will do more then clear up any misconception about the origins of ancient Egyptian spiritual and religious rituals. If your looking to learn about ancient Kemit/Egypt including what they practiced, believed about God and belief systems are similar to it today I suggest you read this book.

Love the book

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Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection vol. 1 is a great read by Sir Wallis Budge. In this first volume Budge shows and proves the origins of the Ancient Egyptian people came from the Sudan. This debunks all the racist nonsense that the Ancient Egyptians were not black Africans. One of the world's greatest and famous Egyptologist who is white gives concrete cultural facts proving Egyptians were once a black African people

This book contained all the racist dogma possible. But we must remember that Wallis Budge made a great effort at translating the Hieroglyphics at a time when denouncing all non European people was the norm.

I was looking for such a book which would answer many unanswered questions. I am reading through the preface and finding it quite indeph but brilliant

This should be part of the international curriculum, it is an in depth study of one of the oldest mythology stories in human history, it is the pre cursor to the BIBLE QUA RAN AND TORAH...

Good book

Good reading

Publicada por primera vez en 1911, esta obra analiza en profundidad el origen del culto a Osiris y el concepto de la resurrección entre los antiguos egipcios, existentes ambos desde el principio de los primeros periodos dinásticos. El autor busca las raíces profundas de dichas creencias en las investigaciones de muchos exploradores europeos del siglo XIX, tanto en tribus de Sudán como del África ecuatorial, relacionándolas con costumbres aun existentes a principios del siglo pasado. En ocasiones, el exceso de dichas referencias eclipsa el tema principal: Osiris y la Resurrección.Resulta particularmente interesante el estudio del canibalismo y de los sacrificios humanos entre dichas tribus, que el culto a Osiris vino a desarraigar y sustituir progresivamente por otros principios más éticos entre los antiguos egipcios, a pesar de los actos abominables de los vencedores sobre los vencidos. No deja indiferente la idea de un juicio final, cuando el alma del difunto es pesada por Anubis en presencia de Thoth, para evaluar si es digna de entrar en el reino de Osiris.Desde el punto de vista editorial, me habría gustado que esta edición hubiese sido algo más cuidada: las notas a pie de página casi se confunden con el texto principal, hay numerosas ilustraciones a las que el texto no hace referencia salvo en raras ocasiones.