The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
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This volume is meant as an entry point to the study of ancient Egyptian writing. Budge gathers a short run of specimens that span the great periods of literary activity under the pharaohs, aimed at readers curious about how early peoples shaped their thinking. The selections are drawn from tombs, papyri, stelae and other monuments, and most stand complete on their own. Many had only appeared in specialist publications; some are here rendered into English for the first time.
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The chosen texts lean toward religious, mythological and moral works, which the translator sees as a truer window onto the Egyptian outlook than purely historical records. Concern for the afterlife and for living justly runs through them, along with the advice of wise men and a belief in a divine judge who set right against wrong.
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