Publisher's Synopsis
""Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life"" is a book written by E. A. Wallis Budge, an Egyptologist and British Museum curator. The book delves into the ancient Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife and the journey of the soul after death. Budge explores the various rituals, spells, and texts that were used by the Egyptians to guide the deceased through the underworld and into the afterlife. He also discusses the concept of judgment and the role of the gods in determining the fate of the soul. The book includes translations of several ancient texts, including the Book of the Dead and the Coffin Texts, as well as illustrations of Egyptian art and artifacts related to the afterlife. ""Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life"" provides a comprehensive and fascinating look into one of the most enduring and complex belief systems in human history.Now, it is easy to see from the above description of the torments which the wicked were supposed to suffer, that the writer had in his mind some of the pictures with which we are now familiar, thanks to the excavation of tombs which has gone on in Egypt during the last few years; and it is also easy to see that he, in common with many other Coptic writers, misunderstood the purport of them. The outer darkness, i.e., the blackest place of all in the underworld, the river of fire, the pits of fire, the snake and the scorpion, and such like things, all have their counterparts, or rather originals, in the scenes which accompany the texts which describe the passage of the sun through the underworld during the hours of the night.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.