An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
The Papyrus of Sobekmose
The Book of the Dead of Sobekmose, in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York, is one of the most important surviving examples of the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead genre. Such 'books' - papyrus scrolls - were composed of traditional funerary texts, including magic spells, that were thought to assist a dead person on their journey into the afterlife. The ancient Egyptians believed in an underworld fraught with dangers that needed to be carefully navigated, from the familiar, such as snakes and scorpions, to the extraordinary: lakes of fire to cross, animal-headed demons to pass and, of course, the ritual Weighing of the Hear…
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Weitere Autoren: Pasternak, Anne
- ISBN: 978-0-500-05188-7
- EAN: 9780500051887
- Produktnummer: 19660982
- Verlag: Thames and Hudson
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Masse: H25.4 cm x B19.5 cm x D2.5 cm 931 g
- Abbildungen: Fotogr.
- Gewicht: 931
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Paul O'Rourke is Research Associate in the Department of Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Brooklyn Museum.
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