num_pages: 192
description: Quirke is an Egyptian antiquities curator at the British Museum. He tells the history of three texts designed to guarantee life beyond death the Pyramid Texts, the Coffin Texts, and the Book of the Dead and discusses a pharaonic tradition that spanned 3,000 years. Illustrated with color photographs by Forman. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
titlecomplete: Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
genres: Egyptology, History
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr