The Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani)

tr. E. A. Wallis Budge · 1895 · English (from Egyptian)
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead — the complete English translation of the Papyrus of Ani by Budge: the Hymn to Osiris, the Negative Confession, and all the chapters, spells and rubrics. The clean e-text (ed. Ali B. Ali-Dinar, University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center) is hosted here.

Relevance to this project

The 365-day civil year, the 36 decans (→ the 12-sign zodiac, 3 decans/sign), the Sothic 1461-year Sirius cycle, and the 72 conspirators of Set — the Egyptian strand of the system’s constants.

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