The Litany of Ra
Andrew Fulton describes an important New Kingdom text that invokes 75 forms of the sun god.
funerary texts
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
An exhibition exploring ancient Egyptian funerary texts and traditions returns to the Getty Villa Museum.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
REVIEW BY ANDREW FULTON This volume is part of a series of books of ancient texts that Amber Books are publishing in hardback using traditional Chinese bookbinding methods that were first developed in the Ming Dynasty. The results are impressive…
Ani’s life after death – 5: Hathor and Opet
Andrew Fulton ends his series exploring this famous Book of the Dead with a final scene featuring Hathor and Tawaret.
Yearning For Immortality: The European Invention of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife
REVIEW BY CAMPBELL PRICE The goal of the afterlife – towards which so many wealthy ancient Egyptians apparently strove, and in the attainment of which so many objects and monuments were created – is fundamental to our idea of ‘ancient…
Ani’s life after death – 4: in the field of reeds
Ani reaches the end of his journey through the underworld in the fourth of Andrew Fulton’s series exploring this famous Book of the Dead.
Lost pharaoh’s tomb discovered
Excavations in Egypt have identified the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II, the fourth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. Thutmose II is believed to have ruled for just a few years around 1493-1479 BC, and is perhaps best known as…
Ani’s life after death – 3: Declaration of innocence and weighing the heart
Continuing his series exploring specific vignettes from Papyrus of Ani, Andrew Fulton focuses on the most famous scene from the Book of the Dead.
Ani’s life after death – 1: Hymn to Ra and Osiris
Andrew Fulton begins a new series exploring specific vignettes from Ani’s Book of the Dead.
Hypocephalus
What was the purpose of this small disc of cartonnage, now in the British Museum? Dr Campbell Price explains.
The Book of the Heavenly Cow
Andrew Fulton investigates the ancient Egyptian myth that tells how humanity
was saved by red-coloured beer.