Egypt
This is a wonderful look at Ani's book of the dead illegally smuggle out of Egypt by Wallis Budge and presented here by Vassar college.
http://projects.vassar.edu/bookofthedead/
- Exhibition: Journey Through The Afterlife
Heritage Key (Ann Wuyts) Never before the Book of the Dead has been the focus of such a major exhibition as the one upcoming at the British Museum in November this year. Rumours of the exhibition started to surface (or at least, reach my ears) ever since...
- Feature: Truth On Display
Tim Reid's Egyptians blog Continuing his theme on Egyptian artefacts currently held by collections outside Egypt Tim has provided a roundup of some of the more contraversial items that are to be found in European museums. See Tim's post, above,...
- Review: History Channel - Book Of The Dead
http://www.allyourtv.com/0607season/egyptianbookdead.html"The History Channel special The Egyptian Book Of The Dead focuses on perhaps the most famous known example of the scroll. It was commissioned by a temple scribe named Ani at a period around 1250...
- 3400 Year Old Book Of The Dead
The British Museum's curator Dr John Taylor has located pieces of a New Kingdom book of the dead that once belonged to a high priest of Amun in around 1420 bc. The fragments are kept in the Queensland Museum but there are other pieces in various...
- The Papyrus Of Ani
Any lived during Egypt's 19th dynasty dying probably around 1275 bc. Though Any's mummy appears to be lost to history his book of the dead is one of the finest and best preserved to have come down to modern times. Any's book of the dead would...
Egypt
Ani's Book of the Dead
This is a wonderful look at Ani's book of the dead illegally smuggle out of Egypt by Wallis Budge and presented here by Vassar college.
http://projects.vassar.edu/bookofthedead/
- Exhibition: Journey Through The Afterlife
Heritage Key (Ann Wuyts) Never before the Book of the Dead has been the focus of such a major exhibition as the one upcoming at the British Museum in November this year. Rumours of the exhibition started to surface (or at least, reach my ears) ever since...
- Feature: Truth On Display
Tim Reid's Egyptians blog Continuing his theme on Egyptian artefacts currently held by collections outside Egypt Tim has provided a roundup of some of the more contraversial items that are to be found in European museums. See Tim's post, above,...
- Review: History Channel - Book Of The Dead
http://www.allyourtv.com/0607season/egyptianbookdead.html"The History Channel special The Egyptian Book Of The Dead focuses on perhaps the most famous known example of the scroll. It was commissioned by a temple scribe named Ani at a period around 1250...
- 3400 Year Old Book Of The Dead
The British Museum's curator Dr John Taylor has located pieces of a New Kingdom book of the dead that once belonged to a high priest of Amun in around 1420 bc. The fragments are kept in the Queensland Museum but there are other pieces in various...
- The Papyrus Of Ani
Any lived during Egypt's 19th dynasty dying probably around 1275 bc. Though Any's mummy appears to be lost to history his book of the dead is one of the finest and best preserved to have come down to modern times. Any's book of the dead would...