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The Definitive Guide to Egyptian Mythology: The Gods, Heroes, Monsters, and Legends of Ancient Egypt
The ancient Egyptian civilization grew and flourished for almost 3000 years. With the Nile river at its heart - its annual flooding nourishing the land - a culture was sustained which evolved a unique and other-worldly presence, one where death and the afterlife framed its entire existence. Supernatural spirits, sacred rites, imagination and magic drove their world. Theirs was one of Earth’s first great civilizations, and the mysterious universe they created fascinates us still. This startling book is the definitive guide to the extraordinary mythology of ancient Egypt.
(Back cover description) Immerse yourself in the dark and complex mythology of ancient Egypt. Alongside the mummies, and the great treasure-filled burial chambers of the Pyramids, are the many gods, heroes, monsters and legends which defined their universe. Atom, the first being, who created Shu and Tefnut - who then began Nut, the sky goddess and Geb, the god of the land - and their union in turn producing Osiris, Set, and Nephthys.
Explore ancient Egypt’s intricate creation myths, including the Book of the Dead, and the evolution of pictograms and hieroglyphs which documented many aspects of Egyptian life. Read how, across the long duration of the Egyptian age, animals such as cats, ibises, falcons, baboons and scarab beetles became sacred, and how species like the jackal, lion and the Nile crocodile became intertwined with the gods.
Death and the afterlife occupied a central place in the ancient Egyptian belief system, and the book explores the extraordinary lengths and care given to funerary practices, including the Weighing of the Heart, and the elaborate rituals to ensure the successful passage of deceased pharaohs into the afterlife - to live in paradise with Osiris. This starting book is the definitive guide to the dark, complex, and extraordinary mythology of ancient Egypt.
(Back cover description) Immerse yourself in the dark and complex mythology of ancient Egypt. Alongside the mummies, and the great treasure-filled burial chambers of the Pyramids, are the many gods, heroes, monsters and legends which defined their universe. Atom, the first being, who created Shu and Tefnut - who then began Nut, the sky goddess and Geb, the god of the land - and their union in turn producing Osiris, Set, and Nephthys.
Explore ancient Egypt’s intricate creation myths, including the Book of the Dead, and the evolution of pictograms and hieroglyphs which documented many aspects of Egyptian life. Read how, across the long duration of the Egyptian age, animals such as cats, ibises, falcons, baboons and scarab beetles became sacred, and how species like the jackal, lion and the Nile crocodile became intertwined with the gods.
Death and the afterlife occupied a central place in the ancient Egyptian belief system, and the book explores the extraordinary lengths and care given to funerary practices, including the Weighing of the Heart, and the elaborate rituals to ensure the successful passage of deceased pharaohs into the afterlife - to live in paradise with Osiris. This starting book is the definitive guide to the dark, complex, and extraordinary mythology of ancient Egypt.
- GenresHistory
250 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2022
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