Historical essay on ancient Egyptian literature. Turaev B.A.

The book of the outstanding historian B. A. Turev gives a detailed outline of the history of ancient Egyptian literature, including mythopoietic and religious texts. This work was the first in the history of Russia a systematic collection of translations of ancient Egyptian monuments with detailed scientific comments, which became the basis for all subsequent Egyptological research in Russia and the USSR. The book describes such sources important for Egyptology as “Texts of Pyramids”, “Texts of Sarcophagi”, “Book of the Dead” and many others.

The book will be useful to all readers interested in history, mythology and literature of Ancient Egypt.