81: The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead (An Introduction)

The Book of the Dead might be the most famous piece of writing from ancient Egypt. It is also one of the most misunderstood...

This episode is as an introduction to the Book of the Dead. As we move forward through the centuries, we will revisit the text to see new developments and additions.

NOTE: When searching for the "Book of the Dead" you may often come across the version by E. Wallis Budge. This edition was published in the late 1890s and is terribly out of date. See bibliography below for more reliable versions.

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Select Bibliography:

Richard Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, 1985.

Goelet Jr., O., Faulkner, R. O., Andrews, C. A. R., Gunther, J. D., & Wassermann, J. (2015). The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth By Day (Revised).

Quirke, S. (2013). Going Out in Daylight—Prt m hrw: The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead: Translations, Sources, Meanings.

Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife, 1999.

John H. Taylor, Journey Through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, 2013.

Emily Teeter, Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt, 2011.

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