How to Read the Egyptian Book of the Dead (How to Read)
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Intent upon letting the reader experience the pleasure and intellectual stimulation in reading classic authors, the How to Read series will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. The ancient Egyptians created a world of supernatural forces so vivid, powerful, and inescapable that controlling their destiny within it was their constant preoccupation. In life, supernatural forces manifested themselves through misfortune and illness, and after death were faced for eternity in the Otherworld, along with the divine gods that controlled the universe.
The Book of the Dead, the modern name given to a popul
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Release date: 17 August 2008
ISBN-10 : 0393330796 | ISBN-13: 9780393330793
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Release date: 17 August 2008
ISBN-10 : 0393330796 | ISBN-13: 9780393330793
