Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life

Project Gutenberg EPUB edition Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

BY E. A. WALLIS BUDGE, M.A., LITT.D., D.LIT. Keeper of the Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities of the British Museum

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Preface I. The belief in God Almighty II. Osiris the god of the resurrection III. The "gods" of the Egyptians IV. The judgment of the dead V. The resurrection and immortality Footnotes

I. The creation II. Isis suckling Horus in the papyrus swamp III. The soul of Osiris and the soul of Rā meeting in Tattu. Rā, in the form of a cat, cutting off the head of the serpent of darkness IV. The judgment of the dead in the hall of Maāti V. The deceased being led into the presence of Osiris VI. The Sekhet-aaru or "Elysian Fields"-- (1) From the papyrus of Nebseni (2) From the papyrus of Ani (3) From the papyrus of Anilai