E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920, he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.
Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations
Explore the mesmerizing stories of gods and the mysteries of life and death from an ancient civilization.
By E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge
The Book of the Dead
Journey alongside ancient Egyptians into the afterlife, where spells and rituals determine your destiny in the face of divine judgment.
By E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge
The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
Travel back in time and discover the ancient Egyptians' deepest beliefs about life, death, and morality using the actual texts they left behind.
By E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge
The Rosetta Stone
Discovered during a military campaign, an ancient stone becomes the key to unlocking a long-lost language and a forgotten civilization.
By E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge
Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life
Explore the ancient world where varied beliefs converged, shaping a society's intricate understanding of immortality and the journey beyond death.
By E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge
The Babylonian Legends of the Creation
Uncovered on ancient tablets, a forgotten world arises from a battle between gods and monsters, revealing the surprising origins of heaven, earth, and the pantheon of deities.
By E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge
The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh The Discovery of the Tablets at Nineveh by Layard, Rassam and Smith
Uncover the ancient Mesopotamian account of a catastrophic deluge and one man's journey to immortality as revealed on long-lost Assyrian tablets.
By E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge