The text of the remarkable Legend of the Creation which forms the first section of this volume is preserved in a well-written papyrus in the British Museum, where it bears the number 10,188. This papyrus was acquired by the late Mr. A. H. Rhind inor 1862, when he was excavating some tombs on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes. He did not himself find it in a tomb, but he received it from the British Consul at Luxor, Mustafa Agha, during an interchange of gifts when Mr. Rhind was leaving t...

In the book, Budge explores the historical and legendary accounts surrounding the Queen of Sheba and her visit to King Solomon in Jerusalem. He delves into the Ethiopian tradition that asserts Menyelek was born from the union of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon and was later taken back to Ethiopia, where he established a line of kings.Budge's work presents translations and analyses of various Ethiopian texts, including the Kebra Nagast (Glory of the Kings) and Ethiopian historical chron...

In the spring of 1852 Layard was obliged to close his excavations for want of funds, and he returned to England with Rassam, leaving all the northern half of the great mound of Kuyûnjik unexcavated. He resigned his position as Director of Excavations to the Trustees of the British Museum, and Colonel (later Sir) H. C. Rawlinson, Consul-General of Baghdâd, undertook to direct any further excavations that might be possible to carry out later on. During the summer the Trustees received a furt...

This is E. A. Wallis Budge's translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Jam packed with footnotes, this book has an extensive introductory section by Budge which covers such things as the Gods of the Book of The Dead, the Egyptians ideas of God, the legends of Ra, Osiris, Isis and funeral ceremonies. Apart from the introduction, there is of course, the actual Book of the Dead. This edition was formatted using the Sacred Texts online book. In regards to the omittance of hieroglyphs: "Bec...

The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by E. A. Wallis Budge is a fascinating scholarly exploration of the ancient Mesopotamian myths concerning the origin of the world, the gods, and humanity. Based on cuneiform tablets discovered in the ruins of Nineveh and other ancient Near Eastern sites, this important work presents translations and interpretations of the Babylonian creation narratives, especially the famous Enuma Elish, one of the oldest surviving cosmological epics in human history....

Egypt is a place of mysteries and much hidden treasures. These treasures are not only the physical gold and artifacts found in the burial places of the Pharaohs but spiritual treasures dealing with the afterlife and cosmology. This is the basis of what contemporaries refer as the Hermetic knowledge. This eBook contains information of Religion of Ancient Egypt, the Book of the Dead, the Wisdom of Hermes Trismegistus, Egyptian Magic and the Book of Thoth. Special foreword by Wallis Budge, of...

The Papyrus of Ani, which was acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum in the year 1888, is the largest, the most perfect, the best preserved, and the best illuminated of all the papyri which date from the second half of the XVIIIth dynasty (about B.C. 1500 to 1400). Its rare vignettes, and hymns, and chapters, and its descriptive and introductory rubrics render it of unique importance for the study of the Book of the Dead, and it takes a high place among the authoritative texts of t...

Egyptian Myths and Legends by E. A. Wallis Budge is a captivating exploration of the mythology, religion, and storytelling traditions of ancient Egypt. Drawing upon hieroglyphic texts, temple inscriptions, papyri, and archaeological discoveries, Budge presents a rich collection of myths and legendary narratives that reveal the spiritual imagination and cultural heritage of one of the world’s oldest civilizations. Through vivid retellings and scholarly commentary, the book introduces reader...

This meticulously edited collection of history, literature and archaeological discoveries, is enriched with the key documents, images and historical sources of Ancient Egypt as well as with some of the most famous works of Ancient Egyptian literature. "Ancient Egypt" represents the civilization of North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in the place that is now as the country of Egypt. The history of ancient Egypt occurred as a series of stable kingdoms, separa...

In the centuries immediately preceding the Christian Era certain professional Jewish scribes composed a number of works which may well be described as "historical romances," and which were based on the histories of the patriarchs and others as found in the four main divisions of the text of the Hebrew Bible. There is little doubt that most of these works were written either in Hebrew or in the Palestinian vernacular of the period. One of the oldest of such works appears to be the "Book of ...

When and where TUTANKHAMEN was born is unknown, and there is some doubt about the identity of his father. From a scarab which was found in the temple of Osiris at Abydos, we learn that his mother was called Merit-Ra. In the inscription on the red granite lion in the Southern Egyptian Gallery in the British Museum, he says that he "restored the monuments of his father, King of the South and North, Lord of the Two Lands, Nebmaatra, the emanation of Ra, the son of Ra, Amenhetep (III), Governo...

The "magic" of the Egyptians was of two kinds: (1) that which was employed for legitimate purposes and with the idea of benefiting either the living or the dead, and (2) that which was made use of in the furtherance of nefarious plots and schemes and was intended to bring calamities upon those against whom it was directed. In the religious texts and works we see how magic is made to be the handmaiden of religion, and how it appears in certain passages side by side with the most exalted spi...