Books of All Time

Episode Six: The Egyptian Book of the Dead, Part 2 - The Egyptologist and the Magicians


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We weren't expecting multi-episode character arcs when we launched this show, but here we are. Rose wraps up the Egyptian Book of the Dead - and one of its most prominent early interpreters, E.A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934) by looking at how late 19th and early 20th-century occultists pilfered Egyptology for ideas. Also, Budge has a dream that helps him pass an exam at Cambridge.


Additional research for this episode by Matt Brough. Want to read the transcript or see the reading list for this episode? It's available here.

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