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Readers drawn to ancient history, mythology, religion, and Egyptian ideas about death, justice, and the gods will love this book. It also suits lovers of tales and poetry.
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What would you pack for a journey that never ends? The ancient Egyptians had a clear answer: words. Spells, hymns, and long lists of wrongs never done were written on coffins and papyrus and buried with the dead.
The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians was written by E. A. Wallis Budge of the British Museum, who finished it in April 1914. He meant it as a first introduction for ordinary readers. He gathers examples from tombs, papyri, and stone slabs across about four thousand years. You will meet a king who eats the gods, magicians who part a lake, a peasant who pleads nine times for justice, and a golden serpent on a vanishing island.
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- 1Thoth gave Egypt writing and wisdomFree
- 2Papyrus, reed, and palette shaped every page
- 3The Pyramid Texts aim to keep the king alive
- 4Court magicians show wonder and royal ambition
- 5The Book of the Dead equips the soul for travel
- 6The heart is weighed and the dead plead innocence
- 7Later books shrink the rites but keep Osiris
- 8Creation stories and legends of the gods
- 9Kings and officials record their own deeds
- 10Tales of exile, wrong, and a golden serpent
- 11Wisdom, laments, songs, and how to read
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Thoth gave Egypt writing and wisdom
The Egyptians credited writing to a god. His name was Thoth, and he appears as a man with the head of an ibis. They saw him as the mind and wisdom of the God who made heaven and earth, so they held hieroglyphs to be holy.
Thoth also devised mathematics, arranged the seasons, and set the paths of the stars, moon, and sun. He served as clerk to the gods and kept the record of human deeds.
His greatest role was judge of the dead. In an old legend, Set accuses his twin brother Osiris of crimes. Thoth weighs the evidence, proves Set a liar, and clears Osiris. Every Egyptian prayed that Thoth would do the same when his own heart was weighed. In Egypt, writing was a divine gift and a form of power.
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- LengthAbout 85,300 words
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Questions about La letteratura degli antichi Egizi
What is the Book of the Dead?
It is a large collection of chapters, spells, and prayers written on coffins, tomb walls, and papyrus. It was meant to help the dead cross the Other World, pass the judgment of Osiris, and live forever among the blessed.
Who was Thoth in ancient Egypt?
Thoth was the ibis-headed god of writing, wisdom, mathematics, and the stars. Egyptians believed he invented writing, kept the gods' records, and recorded the weighing of each dead person's heart in the Hall of Judgment.
What is the weighing of the heart?
It is the central scene of Egyptian judgment after death. The dead person's heart is weighed on a scale in the Hall of Truth while Thoth records the result, and the dead person lists the wrongs he has not done.
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Budge, E. A. Wallis. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-literature-of-the-ancient-egyptians.
Budge, E. A. W. (2026). The literature of the ancient Egyptians. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-literature-of-the-ancient-egyptians (Original work published 1914)
Budge, E. A. Wallis. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-literature-of-the-ancient-egyptians.
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