The Egyptian Book of the Dead: Transliteration and Translation: the Papyrus of Ani | 
#Two4Tuesday
1. I would choose to learn Hieroglyphic.
2. And if I was going to read a book in that language, it would have to be the tagged one. Beyond that, I‘ve read a number of books in translation recently and two great ones are Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (originally published in Korean) and The Devotion of Suspect X (originally published in Japanese).
@TheSpineView
bailedI really tried with this book. But sadly, I just could not find myself interested in the verse. It is a beautiful book, filled with color pictures of the plates. This Goelet version has new translations which (I'm told) flow better and are more true to the meaning of the plates than the old Budge version, which was translated when the understanding of the language was more rudimentary.
I love Egyptian mythology!
This is my favourite scene from the book of the dead. The weighing of the heart. Presided over by Anubis and UmUm 💕
I have a beautiful papyrus of the death scene but have yet to find a frame and wall space that will show it off in all its glory 😋
#SetInTheMiddleEast #MayBookFlowers
At the Penn Museum today with my guys from work. I'd love to see an exhibit about fantasy literature at a place like this. This dog made me think of Harry Dresden.
Spells and mythology, all meant to protect the deceased and even be wound round them, makes this a fantastically macabre #scaryread #intranslation #AllHallowsRead photo from the MET's exhibition of Roman Egyptian funerary portraits (http://www.metmuseum.org/press/exhibitions/2000/ancient-faces-mummy-portraits-from-roman-egypt)
