Egyptian Ideas of the Afterlife

Immortality was the great central idea on which Egyptian religious and social life turned. In this volume, a noted Egyptologist offers a concise, scholarly exposition of Egyptian belief in Osiris, god of the resurrection; other "gods" of the Egyptians; the judgment of the dead and the resurrection; and immortality. Also, the meaning of the afterlife for ancient Egyptians and its ramifications for Egyptian society. 8 illus.Budge, E. A. Wallis is the author of 'Egyptian Ideas of the Afterlife' with ISBN 9780486284644 and ISBN 0486284646.