SPELLS FOR ETERNITY: THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Book ID/图书代码： 12749011B44881

English Summary/英文概要： This attractive and concise introduction to the Books of the Dead explores the collection of magical spells on papyrus that the Egyptians believed would help them safely reach their afterlife. Brand new photography captures the exquisite detail of the painted vignettes that accompany the spells. For most Egyptians, life on earth was short. However death was not an end; it was merely the entering of a new phase of being. They believed that the afterlife was a real place, but various obstacles, torments and judgements had to be overcome to reach it. To ensure safe passage, wealthy Egyptians took with them specially commissioned compilations of spells, written on papyrus rolls.

Through these fragile papyrus texts and graphic vignettes and a selection of other objects from tombs, this enlightening book revealed what the ancient Egyptians believed lay between life and the afterlife.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这本引人注意、简介明了的亡灵书主要探究了纸莎草上的符咒，一种埃及人认为可以帮助他们时候顺利抵达天国的咒语。从全新的摄影作品中可以捕获到由着色花饰装饰的符咒的精致细节。对于大部分埃及人来说，生命何其短暂，但是死亡却了无尽头，只不过是进入了一个新的阶段。他们相信死后的生活真实存在，但是必须要经历很多障碍、磨难以及审判才能到达。为了确保路途顺利，富裕的埃及人会带上一种特别的写在纸莎草书上的符咒。

透过这些零碎的纸莎草书文本、图形装饰以及其他的陪葬品，似乎可以窥到古老埃及人对于介于生命和死亡之间的一些意念。(兼职翻译FSF)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 约翰 H. 泰勒是大英博物馆的馆长，主要从事埃及陪葬品考古学方面的研究。

John H. Taylor is a curator at the British Museum specialising in ancient Egyptian funerary archaeology.

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