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Books of Breathing and Related Texts: Catalogue of the Books of the Dead and Other Religious Texts in the British Museum, Volume IV
by F R Herbin
The collection of late hieratic religious papyri in the British Museum is one of the most important in the world. This volume deals with the Books of Breathing and related texts, comprising about fifty papyri all from the Ptolemaic or Roman periods. The catalogue provides a general introduction, complete translation and commentary for each papyrus. 384p, 240 b/w illus. (British Museum Press 2008)
Hardback. Price US$190.00
Crown of Arsinoë II: The Creation of an Image of Authority
by Maria Nilsson
The Crown of Arsinoë II is a detailed study of a unique crown that was created for the Ptolemaic Egyptian Queen Arsinoë II which has important conclusions for ancient Egyptian history. Images of Arsinoë are represented in a broad spectrum of iconographic media, depicting this historical figure in a Greek as well as Egyptian cultural setting, and as queen and goddess alike, though her tomb has never been found. Based on detailed ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$110.00, Our Price US$82.00
De Cybele à Isis: Ouvrage Collectif
edited by Jean-Pierre Montesino
The diversity of topics addressed by the authors testifies to the popularity of the goddess Isis, but also the vast field of study she still offers. Relying in particular on recent discoveries, Pierre Tallet investigates the function of the conjurers of Serqet and the repellants of scorpions, auxiliaries of the goddess Isis, who accompanied the expedition to the Egyptian Sinai during the early reign of Amenemhat III.
This goddess "expert ...
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Egypt in Transition. Social and Religious Development of Egypt in the First Millennium BCE
edited by Ladislav Bares, Filip Coppens and Kveta Smoláriková
The first millennium BCE represents for Egypt a period of tremendous change and development on the political, social, economic and religious level. The millennium was shaped and characterized by a continuous interaction between Egypt as an independent political entity, with its indigenously developed social and religious system, and various political, military and cultural forces and influences introduced into the country, both through occupation ...
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead: Documents in the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago
edited by Thomas George Allen
Hope for life after death is evidenced even in prehistoric times in Upper Egypt. The first written aids for attaining and supporting life in the hereafter were the Pyramid Texts inscribed within royal tombs toward the end of the Old Kingdom. In the Middle Kingdom, many texts were borrowed from the pyramid chambers and mingled with new spells; this new form, which today we call Coffin Texts, were usually written inside coffins. These eventually ...
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The Question of Evil in Ancient Egypt
by Mpay Kemboly, S.J.
This book examines relevant sources from the Old Kingdom Pyramid Texts (c. 24th century B.C.E.) to the Graeco-Roman Period inscriptions (2nd century C.E.) in order to understand the way the ancient Egyptians tackled the question of the origin of evil in the world. It also
investigates whether the world was perfect or imperfect since its
beginning. Scholars addressing these questions are generally of two categories: those advocating the ...
Paperback. Price US$70.00
Les Divines épouses d'Amon dans l'Égypte de la 19e à la 21e dynastie
by Luc Gosselin
Étude sur la symbolique et l'évolution du rôle des Divines épouses d'Amon de la XIXe à la XXIe dynastie. 360p (Cybele 2007)
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Tierkulte im pharaonischen Ägypten und im Kulturvergleich
edited by Martin Fitzenreiter
Papers of a conference hold in Berlin in 2002. The cult of divine animals is one of the most prominent features of Egyptian culture. Several authors discuss different aspects of animal cults in ancient Egypt, and also South Asia and Africa.
Contents: Martin Fitzenreiter, Einleitung; Dieter Kessler, Tierische Missverständnisse: Grundsätzliches zu Fragen des Tierkultes; Stefan Grunert, Die Schächtung im Totenopfer - ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$65.00, Our Price US$52.00
The Egyptian Calendar: A Work for Eternity
by Anne-Sophie von Bomhard
A detailed and analytical study of the structure of the Egyptian calendar which was the product of science and religion; the calendar was based on an in-depth astronomical knowledge but evolved around mythology. The year was divided into three agricultural seasons, each comprising four months of thirty days, which were followed by five extra days. Von Bombard argues that Egyptian scientists chose to ignore leap years and instead viewed their year ...
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My Heart My Mother: Death and Rebirth in Ancient Egypt
by Alison Roberts
My Heart My Mother looks at many different aspects of Egyptian religion from the role of Hathor-Sekhmet, the serpent eye goddess, in the cult of Osiris, to the reliefs in the temple at Abydos, and more general discussions of temple life, ancestor ritual, death, rebirth and regeneration. An original piece of work on female divinities and their role in the passage of the pharaohs from death to rebirth that takes us beyond the New Kingdom ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$35.00, Our Price US$19.98
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