The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day : The Complete Papyrus of Ani Featuring Integrated Text and Full-Color Images (History ... Mythology Books, History of Ancient Egypt)

Without a doubt, the Egyptians held the key to many secrets; medical, anthropological, scientific and even astral. Their writings remain open to interpretation and are the subject of ongoing debate as to their meaning. The papyrus depicted here is examined in enormous detail and this revised edition with gatefold pages to display sections in their entirety doe# the subject justice. The most recent translation and interpretation is shown here and for anyone interested in ancient civilisations and their beliefs, this a truly rewarding read. It’s a book to savour and go back to time and again. Although packed with detail, it’s presented in a way 5gats accessible to the lay reader. Paper qualit6 is 3xcellent and the colours are good.

it's nicely written and well researched book. It's easy to read and full of information. having finished it, I found the ancient Egyptian faith and rituals to their God not very different from current known religions. Perhaps it's another proof that the source is one !

Great book

This is probably the best book there is on the subject of Egypt's Book of the Dead. It explains clearly the Papyrus of Ani which the book is based on.

fantastic book much larger than i expected a must for those studying the subject ,a wealth of information . A first class service from supplier BOOK DEPOSITORY I have used them quite a lot in the past and they have never disappointed with delivery and quality

I bought this for my son's girlfriend for her birthday. She loves history and really liked the book. She basically never put it down for the couple of days she was staying here. I had a quick look and the photos and illustrations are great and it is well put together. She said to give it a 4/5 🙂

Interesting read. Everything as stated in description

Huge book and love the layout with the translations. I wanted an accurate translation rather than a prettied-up one to really get an idea of how the ancient Egyptians thought about life and death and what kind of language was actually used. It has big fold out pages which are cool! 😀 Great edition!

Gran formato y gran calidad de papel e impresión, muy ilustrado con el papiro completo y con desplegables y muy bien explicado, lastima que está en inglés pero no lo hay en castellano

You can tell it’s very old by the writings, I thought I would learn something about their habits in relation to death but it’s all about the scribe who asks to be fed and taken care of by the gods when he will die

Since childhood, I had wished to read this book. I can only say that everything about it is amazing—from the high quality of the printed text and images to its exceptional content.

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I've been learning Egyptian for a few years, and original texts to read are hard to come by. Here and there one can find a few transcribed things, often in some scholar's handwritten hieroglyphics; or (Allen's Middle Egyptian Literature for example) nicely typeset but the translation right there on the same page in such a way that you can't really work on it by yourself then check later, see if you got it right. But this Ani Papyrus is a gorgeous full-color reproduction (albeit of a composite papyrus, but they address that in the introductory material) of a long complete text, and although they give their translation with each plate, it's at the bottom of the page, which you can easily cover with a piece of paper while you struggle with your own reading. Purists will point out these aren't hieroglyphics strictly speaking, but cursive hieroglyphics, but that's close enough, doesn't pose any particular problems. There's a full introductory section about the papyrus, its history, etc. I was surprised how cheap this book was, given the dozen of superbly beautiful color plates.