Author : Jane Sellers
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 33,51 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1430317906
Originally published by Penguin Ltd., this revised edition features unusual Egyptian artwork, striking pictures of eclipse phenomena, numerous sky-charts, and computer printouts.
Author : Foy Scalf
Publisher : Oriental Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,93 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Book of the dead
ISBN : 9781614910381
Discover how the ancient Egyptians controlled their immortal destiny! This book, edited by Foy Scalf, explores what the Book of the Dead was believed to do, how it worked, how it was made, and what happened to it.
Author : Johnathan Deaver
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 38,43 MB
Release : 1900-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1622751558
Gods and goddesses—in human, animal, and other forms—were central to the ancient Egyptian way of life. Identified with the natural world, daily living, and the afterlife, they maintained order and prevented chaos from permeating the human world. The figures documented in ancient hieroglyphics are given dimension in this absorbing volume, which examines the characteristics and significance of many of the Egyptian gods and goddesses and also looks at related topics such as ancient symbols and the influence of Egyptian mythology on other cultures and belief systems.
Author : Hugh Chisholm
Publisher :
Page : 1090 pages
File Size : 30,10 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.
Author : Julia Troche
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 11,68 MB
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1501760165
Death, Power, and Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt uniquely considers how power was constructed, maintained, and challenged in ancient Egypt through mortuary culture and apotheosis, or how certain dead in ancient Egypt became gods. Rather than focus on the imagined afterlife and its preparation, Julia Troche provides a novel treatment of mortuary culture exploring how the dead were mobilized to negotiate social, religious, and political capital in ancient Egypt before the New Kingdom. Troche explores the perceived agency of esteemed dead in ancient Egyptian social, political, and religious life during the Old and Middle Kingdoms (c. 2700–1650 BCE) by utilizing a wide range of evidence, from epigraphic and literary sources to visual and material artifacts. As a result, Death, Power, and Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt is an important contribution to current scholarship in its collection and presentation of data, the framework it establishes for identifying distinguished and deified dead, and its novel argumentation, which adds to the larger academic conversation about power negotiation and the perceived agency of the dead in ancient Egypt.
Author : robert a armour
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 35,13 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789774246692
"Robert Armour's classic text, long cherished by a generation of readers, is now complemented with more than 50 new photographs by Egyptologist Edwin Brock and drawings by Elizabeth Rodenbeck that show the gods in their characteristic forms." "Armour maintains a strong narrative thread with illuminating commentary in his lively retelling of stories from Egyptian mythology, including those of the sun god Ra, the tragic tale of Isis and Osiris, the burlesque of Horus' battle with the evil Seth, and the "gods of the intellect" Thoth and Maat. Now with an updated bibliography and new appendices, this book is sure to inform and enchant a new generation of readers."--Jacket.
Author : Jan Assmann
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 34,71 MB
Release : 2011-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0801464862
"Human beings," the acclaimed Egyptologist Jan Assmann writes, "are the animals that have to live with the knowledge of their death, and culture is the world they create so they can live with that knowledge." In his new book, Assmann explores images of death and of death rites in ancient Egypt to provide startling new insights into the particular character of the civilization as a whole. Drawing on the unfamiliar genre of the death liturgy, he arrives at a remarkably comprehensive view of the religion of death in ancient Egypt. Assmann describes in detail nine different images of death: death as the body being torn apart, as social isolation, the notion of the court of the dead, the dead body, the mummy, the soul and ancestral spirit of the dead, death as separation and transition, as homecoming, and as secret. Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt also includes a fascinating discussion of rites that reflect beliefs about death through language and ritual.
Author : Bojana Mojsov
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 37,4 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1405143568
Bojana Mojsov tells the story of the cult of Osiris from beginning to end, sketching its development throughout 3,000 years of Egyptian history. Draws together the numerous records about Osiris from the third millennium B.C. to the Roman conquest of Egypt. Demonstrates that the cult of Osiris was the most popular and enduring of the ancient religions. Shows how the cult provided direct antecedents for many ideas, traits and customs in Christianity, including the concept of the trinity, baptism in the sacred river, and the sacrament of the Eucharist. Reveals the cult’s influence on other western mystical traditions and groups, such as the Alchemists, Rosicrucians and Freemasons. Written for a general, as well as a scholarly audience.
Author : E. A. Wallis Budge
Publisher : Wellfleet Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 31,70 MB
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1577151216
A collection of ancient Egyptian magic spells and road maps to assist individuals through the underworld and into the afterlife.
Author : Stephan Weaver
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 16,36 MB
Release : 2015-07-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781515072270
Gods, Pharaohs and Book of the Dead From at least 4000 BCE to the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 CE, Egyptian Mythology was the foundation of ancient Egyptian culture. Spanning over large dominions as distant as the Roman Empire and the Greco-Roman realm, Egyptian mythology was a prevailing entity. Goddesses like Isis were worshiped not only by the natives of Egypt but also those of England and Afghanistan. Inside you will learn about... - Gods and Goddesses - Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt - Book of the Dead - Rituals and Sacrifices - Ten Little Known Facts about Egyptian Mythology This book tackles each spellbinding facet of the mythology, discussing the Gods and goddesses, the Pharaohs-including Tutankhamen and the last Ptolemaic ruler Cleopatra VII- the mysterious "Book of the Dead" and the rituals and sacrifices made to the gods. You will marvel at the fascinating things you learn about the Egyptian Mythology: mummification, the theory ancient Egyptians had about the cosmos and the creations. This eBook will serve as a great insight into one of history's most fascinating relics.
