From the publisherThe book "Amulets and Superstitions" by the famous Egyptologist Ernest Wallis Budge contains extensive material on the use of amulets by the peoples of Western Asia, Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia, starting from the third millennium BC. and up to the middle of the 19th century. The author outlines various legends and beliefs associated with amulets, paying great attention to the symbols and inscriptions inscribed on them. Provides an analysis of the views of ancient Egyptian and Babylonian magicians, Kabbalists, astrologers and soothsayers. The book is richly illustrated.