I want to ask any Kemetics (or anyone familiar with the Ancient Egyptian religion and history), how valuable is E.A. Wallace Budge's work? I've heard his translations are out dated. I've had his translations of the Book of the Dead and Tales of the Egyptian Gods for a good long while now, and I'm reading them currently. Other than the fact that his own language is somewhat outdated, that he seemed to look down his nose a bit at the very culture he was studying, and that he's a bit dull, his work seems informative.
Should I slog through it and see what I can make of it, or try to find a more modern translation?
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