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Jan 1, 1857 — Jan 1, 1934· 77 yrs

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E. A. Wallis Budge

Also known as: Budge, E. A. Wallis Sir, Earnest Budge

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Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (born 1857; died 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. VIAF Work IDs

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IN every place in our own country and in foreign lands where excavations on the sites of ancient cities have been made, the spade of the excavator has brought to light a number of objects of various kinds and sizes which we may call generally AMULETS and TALISMANS, and regard as the works of men who were believers in MAGIC.

— from Amulets and superstitions

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Amulets and superstitions

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"The original texts with translations and descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the origin of the amulet, the pentagon, the swastika, the cross (pagan and Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Kabbalah, ancient astrology, etc."First published under title: Amulets and superstitions.

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Egyptian magic

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Tutankhamen

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"In Tutankhamen: The Life and Death of the Boy-King, Christine El Mahdy finally delivers a coherent portrait of King Tut's life and its historical significance. Based on stunning tomb records, lost since their discovery, this revolutionary biography begins to answer one of the twentieth century's most compelling archaeological mysteries: Who was Tutankhamen?"--BOOK JACKET.

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