E.A.
Wallis Budge was the Curator of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum from 1894 to 1924.
Along with his post at the
Budge
is perhaps best known for translating The Egyptian Book of The Dead (also known as The Papyrus of Ani), as well as analyzing many of the practices of
Egyptian religion, language and ritual. Of his written works, Budge made the
first books oriented toward students of hieroglyphics.
They consisted of translated texts and hieroglyphs, as well as a complete
dictionary of hieroglyphs. In addition, his published works cover areas of
Egyptian culture reaching from Egyptian religion, to Egyptian mythology, and
magical practices. Budge was knighted in 1920. He died November 23, 1934 in
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