Religion
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Religio Duplex [Hardback]
Jan Assmann (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9780745668420
Published by : Polity Press
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. He begins by returning to t... .... Learn More -
Conceptions of Cosmos: From Myths to the Accelerating Universe [Paperback]
Helge S. Kragh (Author)
Regular Price: £22.99
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9780199665143
Published by : Oxford University Press
This book is a historical account of how natural philosophers and scientists have endeavoured to understand the universe at large, first in a mythical and later in a scientific context. Starting with the creation stories of ancien... .... Learn More -
Ancient Egyptian Temple Ritual [Hardback]
Katherine Eaton (Author)
£110.00ISBN: 9780415832984
Published by : Routledge
Large state temples in ancient Egypt were vast agricultural estates, with interests in mining, trading, and other economic activities. The temple itself served as the mansion or palace of the deity to whom the estate belonged, and... .... Learn More -
Experiencing Power, Generating Authority [Hardback]
Jane A. Hill (Editor); Philip Jones (Editor); Antonio J Morales (Editor)
£58.00ISBN: 9781934536643
Published by : University of Pennsylvania Press
For almost three thousand years, Egypt and Mesopotamia were each ruled by the single sacred office of kingship. Though geographically near, these ancient civilizations were culturally distinct, and scholars have historically contr... .... Learn More -
Das ägyptische Investiturritual [Paperback]
Martin Bommas (Author)
£41.00ISBN: 9781407311838
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Volume: 2562
Based on a new edition of Moscow 314 Papyrus from the Middle Kingdom, this study identifies for the first time the ancient Egyptian ritual of investiture. Serving as a tool of re-attunement, the ritual speech act, pivotal for the ... .... Learn More -
Temple of the World [Hardback]
Miroslav Verner (Author)
£29.95ISBN: 9789774165634
Published by : American University in Cairo Press
Despite the prominence of ancient temples in the landscape of Egypt, books about them are surprisingly rare. This new and essential publication from a prominent Czech scholar answers the need for a study that goes beyond temple ar... .... Learn More -
Architecture, Astronomy and Sacred Landscape in Ancient Egypt [Hardback]
Giulio Magli (Author)
£62.00ISBN: 9781107032088
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book examines the interplay between astronomy and dynastic power in the course of ancient Egyptian history, focusing on the fundamental role of astronomy in the creation of the pyramids and the monumental temple and burial co... .... Learn More -
Les Astres dans les Textes Religieux en Egypte Antique et dans les Hymnes Orphiques [Paperback]
Amanda-Alice Maravelia (Author)
£85.00ISBN: 9781841719641
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Oxbow says: Based on the author's PhD, this volume studies 'the celestial bodies in the religious texts of ancient Egypt and in the Hellenic Orphic Hymns'. Maravelia examines the development of astronomical thought and concepts, including those... .... Learn More -
Offerings to the Gods in Egyptian Temples [Paperback]
S. Cauville (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9789042926189
Published by : Peeters Press
This splendidly illustrated book serves as a dictionary of the many different types of offerings to the gods depicted in Egyptian funerary reliefs, as well as their ritual context and symbolic meaning. Over 200 offerings are divid... .... Learn More -
Caesar in the City of Amun [Paperback]
David Klotz (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9782503545158
Published by : Brepols
This book surveys epigraphic and archaeological evidence for temple construction and renovation throughout the Theban nome during the Roman Period, studying the newly added, although deliberately archaizing, inscriptions within th... .... Learn More
