Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection. Illustrated after Drawings from Egyptian Papyri and Monuments

Budge_Osiris_Binding.jpg
Budge_Osiris_Title page.jpg

Creator

E.A. Wallis Budge

Title

Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection. Illustrated after Drawings from Egyptian Papyri and Monuments

Coverage

London

Publisher

Medici Society

Date

1911

Subject

2 vols

Description

E.A. Wallis Budge was Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum from 1894 to 1924. He acquired numerous antiquities for the museum on his frequent trips to the Middle East.  

In Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection (1911), Budge argued that the religion of Osiris emerged from an indigenous African people, contradicting the then-prevailing view that Dynastic Egypt was formed from an invading Mesopotamian civilization.