The Realm of Osiris

The Realm of Osiris
Author: Peter Lacovara
Publisher: Michael C. Carlos Museum
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781928917045

Spanning a period of over 3000 years of ancient Egyptian history, this catalogue presents full-color illustrations of many never-before-published artifacts, with essays on the history of the collection, mummification, and modern medical imaging of ancient remains.

Abusir : Realm of Osiris

Abusir : Realm of Osiris
Author: Miroslav Verner
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2002
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9789774247231

At the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis there lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the nearby village of Abusir. Long overshadowed by the more familiar pyramids at Giza and Saqqara, this area has nonetheless been the site, for the last forty years, of an extensive operation to discover its past. This exciting new book-richly endowed with black-and-white historical photographs, color plates of contemporary work, and informative illustrations-at last documents the uncovering by a dedicated team of Czech archaeologists of a hitherto neglected wealth of ancient remains dating from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period. This is Abusir, realm of Osiris, God of the dead, and its story is one of both modern archaeology and the long-buried mysteries that it seeks to uncover.

Egyptian Myth: A Very Short Introduction

Egyptian Myth: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Geraldine Pinch
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2004-04-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0192803468

This text explains the cultural and historical background to the fascinating and complex world of Egyptian myth, with each chapter dealing with a particular theme.

Book of the Dead

Book of the Dead
Author: Foy Scalf
Publisher: Oriental Institute Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Book of the dead
ISBN: 9781614910381

Discover how the ancient Egyptians controlled their immortal destiny! This book, edited by Foy Scalf, explores what the Book of the Dead was believed to do, how it worked, how it was made, and what happened to it.

The Egyptian Amduat

The Egyptian Amduat
Author: Erik Hornung
Publisher: Daimon
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Book of that which is in the nether world
ISBN: 9783952260845

In the Amduat, the night-journey of the Egyptian Sungod is divided into twelve hours, each of them containing an enormous amount of insight into the human psyche. The entire Amduat could be called the first 'scientific publication' of humankind describing or mapping the dangers, but also the regenerative capabilities of the night-world, providing answers to basic human questions. The synopsis of the different scenes of the Amduat, all in colour, together with its explaining text, is unique. This book is a treasure for all those who want to explore the archetypal structure of the objective psyche, with its helpful but also with its dangerous forces.

The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife

The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife
Author: Erik Hornung
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801485152

This volume offers a survey about what is known about the Ancient Egyptians' vision of the afterlife and an examination of these beliefs that were written down in books that were later discovered in royal tombs. The contents of the texts range from the collection of spells in the Book of the Dead, which was intended to offer practical assistance on the journey to the afterlife, to the detailed accounts of the hereafter provided in the Books of the Netherworld. The author looks closely at these latter works, while summarizing the contents of the Book of the Dead and other widely studied examples of the genre. For each composition, he discusses the history of its ancient transmission and its decipherment in modern times, supplying bibliographic information for any text editions. He also seeks to determine whether this literature as a whole presents a monolithic conception of the afterlife. The volume features many drawings from the books themselves.

Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life

Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life
Author: Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1900
Genre: Egypt
ISBN:

With frequent references to archeological finds, this book explores the ancient Egyptian concept of the afterlife. Author Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist who worked for the British Museum. While Budge was not exempt from the darker side of Egyptology--he was complicit in the smuggling of antiquities, and by purchasing from dealers rather than engaging in excavation he helped encourage archeological looting--his tenure was marked by a decided increase in the quality of the museum's collection. Budge wrote this book using the full resources of the British Museum, and the resulting work offers an in-depth look at ancient Egyptian funerary practices.

Becoming Osiris

Becoming Osiris
Author: Ruth Schumann Antelme
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1998-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780892816521

In their Book of the Dead, the ancient Egyptians left humanity a comprehensive understanding of the death experience and the afterlife. Becoming Osiris is an accessible account of the initiatic stages of the immortalization process and the techniques necessary for the soul to achieve its objective of becoming a solarized being after death.

Illuminating Osiris

Illuminating Osiris
Author: Richard Jasnow
Publisher: Lockwood Press
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2017-01-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1937040755

Illuminating Osiris comprises twenty-seven articles by students, friends, and colleagues in honor of Mark Smith, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford. Smith is especially renowned as a Demoticist and specialist in ancient Egyptian religion. His numerous Demotic text editions and translations of Egyptian funerary and religious compositions have been enormously influential in the field. The contributions in Illuminating Osiris naturally reflect Smith's particular interests in the religion and literature of Graeco-Roman period Egypt, dealing with cult, rituals, astronomy, and divination, among other subjects. The book includes many editions or reeditions of texts written in Demotic, Hieratic, and Ptolemaic Hieroglyphs. It is profusely illustrated and supplied with detailed indices.