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The Ancient Egypt Bibliography is a growing list of over 550 books on Ancient Egypt, written in different languages.

This list is intentionally eclectic: some books will be highly scientific, some are meant for a more general audience and others yet are intended for children.

Several books in this list hold a link to the world's largest on-line bookshops: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk, enabling you to expand your personal library with your favourite books on Ancient Egypt.

 

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Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts: Spells 1- 354

 

Author(s): Faulkner, R.O. (ed.)
Published: Aris & Phillips, 2000

Publication of the spells that were to guide and protect the deceased during his afterlife, found on wooden coffins from the Middle Kingdom and later.

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Becoming Osiris: The Ancient Egyptian Death Experience

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Author(s): Schumann-Antelme, Ruth
Published: Inner Traditions Intl.Ltd, 1998

An accessible, thought-provoking account of the stages of the immortalization process and the magical self-defense techniques necessary for the soul to achieve its ultimate objective as a solarized being in Ancient Egypt.

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Das Buch von den Pforten des Jenseits. Nach den Versionen des Neuen Reiches. Teil I: Text

 

Author(s): Hornung, Erik (ed.)
Published: Basel - Gen�ve, 1979 

 

 

Das Buch von den Pforten des Jenseits. Nach den Versionen des Neuen Reiches. Teil II: �bersetzung und Kommentar

 

Author(s): Hornung, Erik (ed.)
Published: Basel - Gen�ve, 1980

 

 

Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

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Author(s): Taylor, John H.
Published: University of Chicago Press, 2001

A study into the religious beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians into death and life after death.

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Die Nachtfahrt der Sonne. Eine alt�gyptische Beschreibung des Jenseits

 

Author(s): Hornung, Erik
Published: Artemis & Winkler, Z�rich, 1991

 

 

Die zwei Wege des Jenseits. Das alt�gytische Zweiwegebuch und seine Topographie

 

Author(s): Hermsen, Edmund
Published: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, G�ttingen, 1991

 

 

Egyptian Heaven and Hell

 

Author(s): Budge, E.A.Wallis
Published: Open Court Publishing, 1988

Budge's views on the Ancient Egyptian afterlife, with a hieroglyphic publication and (an out-dated) translation of the Amduat-texts. Interesting as a collector's item rather than as a source of information on Ancient Egypt.

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Het Egyptische Dodenboek

 

Author(s): Geru, M.A.
Published: Deventer, 1974

 

 

Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

 

Author(s): Quirke, Stephen S.
Published: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996

 

 

Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection

 

Author(s): Budge, E.A.Wallis
Published: Dover Publications, 1988

Budge highlights the importance of the god Osiris in the Ancient Egyptian myths and beliefs in the afterlife. As every publication of Budge, this books tends to be outdated, but nevertheless it remains a fascinating testimony to the views held by some late 19th and early 20th Century Egyptologists.

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The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead

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Author(s): Faulkner, R.O.
Published: University of Texas Press, 1990

An overview of the spells, prayers and incantations, now commonly refered to as 'Book of the Dead'. R.O.Faulkner gives a translation of this book as it was found on the Papyrus of Ani.

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The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife

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Author(s): Hornung, Erik
Published: Cornell University Press, 1999

A detailed survey of the different books in Ancient Egypt that were used to guide the deceased through the afterlife.

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The Egyptian Book of the Dead

 

Author(s): Ashby, M.A.
Published: Cruzian Mystic Books, 2000

Publication of the spells intended to guide the deceased through the world of the dead, known today as the "Book of the Dead".

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The Egyptian Book of the Dead. The Book of Going Forth By Day

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Author(s): Faulkner, R.O.
Published: Chronicle Books, 1994

An overview of the spells, prayers and incantations, now commonly refered to as 'Book of the Dead'. R.O.Faulkner gives a translation of this book as it was found on the Papyrus of Ani.

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The Egyptian Book of the Dead. The Book of Going Forth By Day. The First Authentic Presentation of the Complete Papyrus of Ani

 

Author(s): Faulkner, R.O.
Published: San Francisco, 1994 

 

 

The Egyptian Book of the Dead (The papyrus of Ani). Egyptian Text, Transliteration and Translation

 

Author(s): Budge, E.A.Wallis
Published: New York, 1967 (re-edition)

Old-fashioned and outdated publication of the Papyrus of Ani. Interesting to compare with more recent works on the same subject.

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