Open Directory - Society: History: By Time Period: Ancient: Africa: Egypt: Texts
See also: - A Coffin Text excerpt. - An excerpt from the Coffin Texts on origins. - An excerpt from the Book of the Dead, Chapter 175. - A guide to internet resources on papyri. - Images and texts concerning various ancient Egyptian papyri, plus links to papyrology on the web. - An excerpt from The Book of Overthrowing Apophis, a late work. - A bibliography of texts regarding ancient Egyptian laws by Bernard Hibbitts, University of Pittsburgh School of Law. - Ancient verse, c. 2000 - 1100 B.C.E. - Two texts by Flinders Petrie. - A glimpse at the Egyptian reverence for their gods. - The clearest identification of the soul with nature that the ancients have left us from the Coffin Texts. - An excerpt from Herodotus's The Histories. - A portion of the Coffin Texts. - The Egyptian Book of the Dead as translated by E. A. Wallis Budge. - A tale, c. 1100 B.C.E., from The World's Story, A History of the World in Story, Song and Art. - Discover the texts in the pyramid of Unas, has photographs of the walls and translations. - An excerpt from the Pyramid Texts, texts inscribed on the interior walls of the pyramids of certain pharaohs of the fifth and sixth dynasties (c. 2425-2300 B.C.). - A selection from the Pyramid Texts. - Database of non-literary documents found at Egyptian village of Deir el-Medina archaeology excavation. - Writing inscribed on the interior of coffins belonging to the Middle Kingdom (2250-1580 B.C.) - A song in which a woman laments the death of her husband. - A papyrus containing songs for entertainment. - Ptah is portrayed as the creator god. - Male and female circumcision, c. 2400 B.C.E. - Pictures, articles, and links about ancient Egyptian papyri. - A large collection housed at the University of Copenhagen. - Translation of this version of the 'Book of the Dead' by E.A. Wallis Budge. - Electronic text of Ptah-Hotep's precepts, as translated by Horne. - Translation of the Greek section. - A tale of Ancient Egypt, c. 2200 B.C.E. - Why the Egyptians did not eat pork from the Coffin Text, c. 1900 B.C.E. - A remarkable appreciation of the rights of the common people, c. 1800 B.C.E.
