The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day - The Complete Papyrus of Ani Featuring Integrated Text and Full-Color ImagesEva Von Dassow For millennia, the culture and philosophy of the ancient Egyptians have fascinated artists, historians, and spiritual seekers throughout the world. Now, this reissue of a Chronicle Books classic brings to light once more the legendary 3,500-year-old Papyrus of Ani—the most beautiful of the Egyptian funerary scrolls ever discovered. Restored to its original sequences, the elaborately bordered papyrus conveys its intended sense of motion and meaning in a way no other book on the subject can match. From mysticism and philosophy to anthropology and astronomy, this sumptuous volume will appeal to casual readers, serious scholars, and the generally inquisitive mind. The translation of the text of each image is placed on the page directly below the image, allowing the reader, for the first time in 3500 years, to gaze on the images while reading the words of the papyrus. Uncluttered with footnotes or other extraneous matter, the papyrus is displayed with the intent of allowing the modern reader to experience the full depth of the original. The restoration of the unity of word and image in this publication of the Papyrus of Ani has brought to life one of the most important early spiritual treasures of mankind. |
Contents
FOREWORD by James Wasserman | 9 |
THE PAPYRUS OF ANI Plates 137 19 | 53 |
MAP KEY TO THE PAPYRUS | 95 |
COMMENTARY by Dr Ogden Goelet | 137 |
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Common terms and phrases
accompanying afterlife Ani's Anubis appears arms associated Atum Bark become beginning belongs body Book bowl is offered bread breath bring brought cause Chapter coffin column comes connected corpse Council created dead death deceased deity depicted desire divine Duat earth Egypt Egyptian enemies Ennead enter eternity evil exist face father Field four gates give given God's Domain goddess gods grant hale hand head heart Heliopolis hidden horizon Horus House illustration important Isis King land live Lord magic means mentioned mound mouth night offerings Osiris papyrus pass Plate praise presence protection pure raise religion represent rest rise ritual rubric Sacred says scene secret Seth shape shown shows shrine side soul speak spirit stand taken Thoth tomb transformation translation truth Upper vignette vindicated West worship