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Admiral Ahmose Relates His Deeds

A simple hieroglyphic reading passage from Dynasty XVIII.

The Offering of Uha

Male and female circumcision, c. 2400 B.C.E.

The Love Songs of the Chester Beatty

A papyrus containing songs for entertainment.

The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant

A remarkable appreciation of the rights of the common people, c. 1800 B.C.E.

Mummification

An excerpt from Herodotus's The Histories.

Hymn to Ra

A glimpse at the Egyptian reverence for their gods.

The Egyptian Land of Silence and Darkness

A song in which a woman laments the death of her husband.

Papyrus of Ani

The Egyptian Book of the Dead as translated by E. A. Wallis Budge.

Osiris - The Prototype of Every Soul who Hopes to Conquer Death

A portion of the Coffin Texts.

The Dead Pharaoh Ascends to Heaven

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 Spell for the Revival Osiris

A Coffin Text excerpt.

The Memphite Theology

Ptah is portrayed as the creator god.

Egyptian Cosmogony and Theogony

An excerpt from The Book of Overthrowing Apophis, a late work.

Atum - A Bisexual High God

An excerpt from the Coffin Texts on origins.

The Rosetta Stone

Translation of the Greek section.

The Papyrus of Ani

Translation of this version of the 'Book of the Dead' by E.A. Wallis Budge.

Pyramid Texts Online

Discover the texts in the pyramid of Unas, has photographs of the walls and translations.

Demotic Texts on the World Wide Web

A guide to internet resources on papyri.

Egyptian Law Readings

A bibliography of texts regarding ancient Egyptian laws by Bernard Hibbitts, University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

The Papyri Pages

Pictures, articles, and links about ancient Egyptian papyri.

The Deir el-Medîna Database

Database of non-literary documents found at Egyptian village of Deir el-Medina archaeology excavation.

Egyptian Love Poetry

Examples and analysis of poetry written c. 2000 - 1100 BC.