Author: Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge

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Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9781332163199

Excerpt from An Account of the Sarcophagus of Seti I, King of Egypt, B. C. 1370 The Trustees of Sir John Soane's Museum, in issuing to the public the following account of the Sarcophagus of Seti I., written by E. A. Wallis Budge, M.A., Litt.D., Keeper of the Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum, have to express their great indebtedness to him for kindly volunteering to undertake the work. Dr. Budge includes in his comprehensive essay a description of the tomb in which the Sarcophagus was discovered by Giovanni Belzoni in 1815; and, in addition to describing the various scenes represented on the latter, he further elucidates the subject with accounts of the religion of the worshippers of the gods Osiris and Ra: the book contains illustrations of all the scenes depicted, and is the most succinct account of this unique Sarcophagus. The Trustees have also to thank Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co., for their permission to use most of the blocks which illustrate the text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."