Rare Ancient Pharaonic Stela Book of Dead Holy Book In Egyptian Mythology BC

  

Rare Ancient Pharaonic Stela Book of Dead Holy Book In Egyptian Mythology BC. Height : 9.84 inches (25 cm). Width: 5.5 inches (14 cm).

Book of the Dead, ancient Egyptian collection of mortuary texts made up of spells or magic formulas, placed in tombs and believed to protect and aid the deceased in the hereafter. Probably compiled and reedited during the 16th century BCE, the collection included Coffin Texts dating from c. 2000 BCE, Pyramid Texts dating from c. 2400 BCE, and other writings. Later compilations included hymns to Re, the sun god.

Numerous authors, compilers, and sources contributed to the work. Many copies of the book have been found in Egyptian tombs, but none contains all of the approximately 200 known chapters. The collection, literally titled "The Chapters of Coming-Forth-by-Day, " received its present name from Karl Richard Lepsius, the German Egyptologist who published the first collection of the texts in 1842. A rare Pharaonic Stela worth owning As shown in the pics.

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