E.A. Wallis Budge - The Dwellers on the Nile - 1910

E.A. Wallis Budge - The Dwellers on the Nile - Religious Tract Society, first edition, 6th impression - Religious Tract Society, 1910 - 206 pp. + Illustrations - original decorated cloth binding - 18.5 x 12 cm.
Condition: good+ clean, neat copy

Contents: 11 chapters with subdivisions:
Decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphics (plate of the Rosetta Stone), Egyptian language and writing, The land of Egypt, its people and their history, Illustrations from the Egyptian monuments, Egyptian literature, Egyptian Religion, The burial of the dead, The mummy, The Book of the Dead, Life of the ancient Egyptians, Architecture and art, Appendix: the Egyptian calendar, Index, List of Illustrations.

'The Dwellers on the Nile remains among the most comprehensive and readable histories of daily life in ancient Egypt, covering the Egyptian family and school; furniture, jewelry, food and drink; society, work, and play; Egyptian religion and its numerous gods, temples, and priests; Egyptian writing — hieroglyphic, hieratic, demotic, and Coptic; literature, medicine, astrology, and alchemy. The book concludes with an exploration of practices related to burial of the dead and beliefs concerning the afterlife.
Using information from the excavations of tombs and excerpts from papyri, tomb inscriptions, and other sources, Budge brings to life the ancient culture of the Nile dwellers. The text is profusely illustrated with many reproductions of Egyptian art and artifacts.'

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