Jean-François Champollion (1)

When I got this book, I assumed it was a non-Budge translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. As it turns out, the only translations in the Kindle bookstore are variations of Budge's translation.This is, however, a good primer and commentary on the Book of the Dead. It discusses the origin and mythology of the deities involved in the cult of Osiris. It also goes into some depth on the history of both the development of the original as well as modern translations of the book. The book contains a number of illustrations as well as the hieroglyphs for many of the words, deities, and concepts central to the book. The biggest value to this book (besides the fact that on the Kindle store it's a dollar) is the elucidation it gives to the history behind the cult of Osiris and its development as displayed in the Book of the Dead.… (mehr)