This book examines the Egyptian gods and goddesses - from minor household figures such as Bes and Taweret to the all-powerful deities Amun and Rethat made Egypt the most completely theocratic society of the ancient world, and made Egyptians ...
Within this book, you'll find the following the Egyptian gods and topics covered: Amen (Amun, Amon, Ammon) Anubis (Anpu, Inpw) Aten (Aton) Atum (Tum, Tem, Atem, Temu) Bastet (Bast, Boubastis, Pasht) The Book of the Dead and Other Funerary ...
It is tempting to see ancient Egyptian religion as something relatively static, with a single pantheon whose nature and activities did not change throughout the three-thousand-year span of the Dynastic Period.
The gods of Ancient Egypt conjure up images of hieroglyphs with animal-headed people, fantastic civilizations, and a past that seems both unimaginably distant and still tenuously connected to the present day.
In this book, the accent is set on the Egyptian gods, and by purchasing it you will: Unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization and its mythological history, gods, and culture Understand why the Egyptian gods and goddesses became so ...