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This is a complete English translation of the famous Ethiopian work "The Kebra Nagast" -- "The Glory of the Kings of Ethiopia." Compiled by a Coptic priest in the 6th century AD, from much older material, "The Kebra Nagast" is a remarkable mixture of legends and traditions, some historical and some ... More

This remarkable work contains the original texts with translations and descriptions of a series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic, and Muslim amulets and magical devices and figures. Man through the ages has widely held the importance of being able to hold the evil eye at b... More

Natural medicine has never been more popular, nor has the timeless craft of herbalism. This remarkable book traces the history of herbs far back into antiquity and shows that the gods themselves were believed to be the original healers, not only by revealing the knowledge of their healing properties... More

In this classic work, first published in 1899, one of the most prolific Egyptologists of the Victorian era offers his renowned insight into the magical power names, spells, and talismans held for the ancient Egyptians. How did beliefs that predated the worship of deities come to become associated wi... More

This work is divided into two parts in which Budge tried to deal with the main facts of the religious beliefs of the Egyptians from the time when the Egyptian savage filled earth, air, sea and sky with hostile evil spirits and lived in terror of the Evil Eye, and relied upon every branch of magic fo... More

Written by the great Egyptologist and scholar, Sir E.A. Wallis Budge, this book helps the beginner take his first steps in Egyptian. The test portion includes the writing and the grammar, short lists of signs, a vocabulary of the most common few hundred words, and a selection of important tests to p... More

This text, the first English translation of the Ethiopic version of a Christianized Buddhist legend, will certainly be of interest to any reader with a penchant for the unusual or an appetite for the abstruse. The book also contains descriptions of the Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Armenian, Geor... More

Collected for the first time by the eminent scholar E. A. Wallis Budge, this work contains all of the written records of the early Assyrian kings, from the reign of Irishum in about B.C. 2000 to the reign of Ashur-nasir-pal, which ended in B.C. 860. The texts are presented in Assyrian with complete ... More

This beautifully illustrated book explores the reign of the pharaoh Tutankhamen and Egyptian religion of his time. Tutankhamen's relation to the cults of Amen and Aten, the Sun-god, and Egyptian monotheism are covered in depth, dispelling the many myths and inaccuracies which have arisen in the lite... More

This landmark work, written by the eminent Egyptologist E. A. Wallis Budge, is a complete survey of the religion and mythology of the Ancient Egyptians. Every significant religious figure is considered in depth: the primitive gods and Nome-Gods; Ra, the sun god; Thoth and Maat, Amen and Amen-Ra, Ate... More