Project Gutenberg 2025-05-02 Public domain in the USA. 560 British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities British Museum. Dept. of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir 1857 1934 Budge, Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis, Sir Budge, Ernest Alfred Wallis, Sir Budge, Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis 09027285 A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum $aLondon :$bHarrison & Sons, $c1909. Richard Hulse, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net, with special thanks to Stephen Rowland for transcribing the hieroglyphics. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) “A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum” is a guidebook written in the early 20th century. This work serves as an informative introduction and practical companion for visitors to the British Museum, focusing on its extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities. The likely topic of the book is a comprehensive overview of ancient Egyptian history, culture, society, religion, language, and artifacts, as illustrated by objects in the museum’s collection. The opening of the book presents preliminary information about the text’s structure, intentions, and scope. It begins with a preface explaining the vastness and uniqueness of the museum’s Egyptian antiquities, spanning from the Predynastic era through the Christian period of Egypt. The introduction succinctly outlines Egypt’s geography—including the Nile, its Delta, deserts, oases, and climate—and discusses the boundaries and natural features that have shaped the country’s history. Subsequent sections introduce the origins, ethnic composition, and cultural characteristics of ancient Egyptians, highlighting connections with neighboring peoples and speculating on their early migrations. The opening further explores the Egyptian national character, their attitudes toward religion, morality, and daily life, and describes the structure and development of the Egyptian language and writing systems—hieroglyphic, hieratic, demotic, and Coptic—including a brief account of their decipherment. Overall, these initial pages set the stage for the book’s role as an accessible yet thorough reference on ancient Egyptian civilization as represented in the British Museum’s galleries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/guidetoegyptianc00brituoft 20081109140934budge 1909 GB Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Egypt -- Antiquities DT Text Category: History - Ancient Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 1125473 2025-07-30T06:16:11.000790 text/html 1012716 2025-05-02T10:22:19 text/html 7091791 2025-07-30T06:16:39.261726 application/epub+zip 7097449 2025-07-30T06:16:17.753780 application/epub+zip 427865 2025-07-30T06:16:14.008788 application/epub+zip 7743196 2025-07-30T06:16:52.129124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7599767 2025-07-30T06:16:35.532676 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 699779 2025-07-30T06:16:04.235847 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 679557 2025-05-02T10:22:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17265 2025-07-30T06:16:52.432086 application/rdf+xml 15589 2025-07-30T06:16:14.544786 image/jpeg 2265 2025-07-30T06:16:14.272783 image/jpeg 7073637 2025-07-30T06:16:11.516848 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia