Religion

ISBN: 9782503516509
Published by : Brepols
The cult of the bull played an important role in the religion of Greco-Roman Egypt, harking back to other animal cults in Egypt's more distant past and also to the bull cults of ancient Greece. This detaied study, a thesis, examines the sources... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782877722797
Published by : Errance
This is the second volume to publish the work of the archaeological mission of the University of Geneva to Kerma (Sudan) carried out between 1977 and 2002. It examines archaeological evidence for the main temple and religious quarter at Kerma ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780952799436
Published by : Eridu Books
In Egyptian religion the sun-god is held to be supreme. This study, however, turns this assumption on its head and promotes the theory that it was the creator-god that formed the central focus of Egyptian religious thought and practice. Much of... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789042914001
Published by : Peeters Press
The hieroglyphs of the Great Temple of Hathor at Dendara, the chief centre for sacrifice, has been published in a series of volumes by Peeters Press, Dendara V-VI volume one contains transcriptions of the inscriptions from the crypts at the te... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789042914018
Published by : Peeters Press
Accomapnying volume I of Dendara V-VI , this volume comprises an index of phraseology for the inscriptions from the crypts of the Great Temple of Dendara. .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789042911505
Published by : Peeters Press
The Dictionary of Egyptian Deities and Divine Designations is the essential guide to the thousands of gods and goddesses mentioned in Ancient Egyptian inscriptions and texts. Each of the 56,500 entries includes information about the variant spe... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789042911512
Published by : Peeters Press
The Dictionary of Egyptian Deities and Divine Designations is the essential guide to the thousands of gods and goddesses mentioned in Ancient Egyptian inscriptions and texts. Each of the 56,500 entries includes information about the variant spe... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780500051207
Published by : Thames and Hudson
A systematic survey of Egyptian deities that combines a clearly presented text with lots of illustrations. The opening chapters discuss the birth, rule and decline of the gods, their form and role in religious life, religion and piety and links... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789042912175
Published by : Peeters Press
The god Tutu is known to have existed before the Ptolemaic period in Egypt and is recorded in Greek, Demotic and Roman documents, and featured on a range of monuments and stelae. This book presents a detailed study of Tutu exploring his origins... .... Learn More