Sunday, September 1, 2013

Egyptian Book of the Dead


Anubis weighing the heart of Hunefer. ca. 1285 BCE


From the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. The Ani Scroll, Spell 17.







Video about the BOOK of the DEAD 



Hail, O ye who gives cakes and ale to perfect souls in the House of Osiris, give ye cakes and ale twice each day to the soul of the Osiris Ani, whose word is true before the gods, the Lords of Abydos, and whose word is true, with you. Hail, O ye who open up the way, who act as guides to the roads [to other worlds] to perfect souls in the House of Osiris ..."  
-- 1240 BCE ,  The Papyrus of Ani, The Egyptian Book of the Dead.

                       

Link to English translation of the BOOK of the DEAD

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