Cult, Myth, and Kingship in Pharaonic Egypt: Inaugural Lecture Delivered at the College on 12 November 1990
- ISBN-10
- 0860760782
- ISBN-13
- 9780860760788
- Category
- Cults
- Pages
- 22
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Author
- Alan B. Lloyd
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