IN the first volume of this series an attempt was made to set before the reader a statement of the ideas and beliefs which the ancient Egyptians held in respect of God, the "e;gods,"e; the Judgment, the Resurrection, and Immortality; in short, to sketch in brief outline much of what was beautiful, and noble, and sublime in their religion.
From Herodotus to The Mummy, Western civilization has long been fascinated with the exotic myths and legends of Ancient Egypt but they have often been misunderstood.
This ancient funerary text contains a collection of spells, prayers and incantations designed to guide the departed through the perils of the underworld.
In this important new book, the distinguished Egyptologist Jan Assmann provides a masterful overview of a crucial theme in the religious history of the West - that of 'religio duplex', or dual religion.
Renown Egyptologist, Aidan Dodson, the author ofAmarna Sunset,looks at how Akhenaten's experiment with monotheism beganThe latter part of the fifteenth century BC saw Egypts political power reach its zenith, with an empire that stretched from beyond the Euphrates in the north to much of what is now Sudan in the south.
