Egyptian Book of the Dead
The Book of Going Forth by Day
by Ogden Goelet
Reading Profile
Should I read this?
This edition reads like a museum spread: seventy‑four full‑color pages reproduce the Papyrus of Ani in its entirety, with Ogden Goelet supplying translation and brief notes. What works best is immediate visual access to the funerary scroll and the chance to study glyph layout, vignettes, and ceremonial sequence without museum travel. Limitation: it's built around images more than extended argument—if you want dense philology, sustained historical synthesis, or practical guides, the book is thin; captions and short essays can feel decorative rather than rigorous.
Read this if...
- •museum or gallery docent preparing a talk on Egyptian funerary art who needs high-quality plates of the Papyrus of Ani to project and annotate.
- •graduate student in religious studies or Egyptology who needs direct visual access to the Papyrus of Ani for close visual analysis or seminar discussion without traveling to the museum.
- •coffee-table-book buyer or art-book collector seeking a striking physical object to display and browse when you want conversation-starting images rather than a long read.
Skip this if...
- •You’ll likely put it down when long caption pages begin to restate the imagery without adding new interpretation — that’s the common drop-off moment.
- •Annoying if you prefer argument-heavy reading: the book favors plates and visual presence over sustained historical or linguistic analysis.
- •Not for readers wanting practical context or modern synthesis: lacks hands-on exercises and detailed methodological discussion.
Maybe the most stunning presentation of this book in 3300 years: For the first time in 3,300 years, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day: The Papyrus of Ani is showcased in its entirety in seventyfour magnificent color pages.Egyptian mythology: Upon death it was the practice for some Egyptians to produce a papyrus manuscri...
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Reading Specifications
Difficulty:hard
Audience Fit
- museum or gallery docent preparing a talk on Egyptian funerary art who needs high-quality plates of the Papyrus of Ani to project and annotate.
- graduate student in religious studies or Egyptology who needs direct visual access to the Papyrus of Ani for close visual analysis or seminar discussion without traveling to the museum.
- coffee-table-book buyer or art-book collector seeking a striking physical object to display and browse when you want conversation-starting images rather than a long read.
- You’ll likely put it down when long caption pages begin to restate the imagery without adding new interpretation — that’s the common drop-off moment.
- Annoying if you prefer argument-heavy reading: the book favors plates and visual presence over sustained historical or linguistic analysis.
- Not for readers wanting practical context or modern synthesis: lacks hands-on exercises and detailed methodological discussion.
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appears in Ancient Egypt, Spirituality, and History.
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