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)
The Egyptian Book of the Dead | 
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink and they give you more🎶 5y