The Fifth Dynasty sun temples : kingship, architecture and religion in third millenium BC Egypt /
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"The present monograph consists of a largely expanded and updated version of my doctoral dissertation submitted to 'L'Orientale' University of Naples in 2010." -- Acknowledgement page. :
559 pages, 28 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm + 8 folded sheets of plans. :
Includes bibliographical reference (pages[505]-533) and index. :
9788073088965
8073088967
Bes : demon God, protector of Egypt /
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"The demon god Bes was above all a protector of Egypt, as manifested in a variety of ways over the ages. This publication takes a closer look at the themes of the exhibition Bes. Demon God - Protector of Egypt. Who was Bes? What role did he play in sexuality, as a musician or alongside other gods? And why was he so popular in Nubia, Egypt's southern neighbour? Exhibition: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark (20.05 - 31.10.2021)"-- Back cover.
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Catalogue of an exhibition held at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, May 20-October 31, 2021. :
127 pages : many illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (page 127). :
9788774523772
Il cammino di Harwa : l'uomo di fronte al mistero : l'Egitto /
: "Il Museo Diocesano di Brescia in collaborazione con il Museo Egizio di Torino, le Civiche Raccolte Archeologiche di Milano e l'Associazione Culturale "Harwa 2002""--P. [5]. : 183 pages : illustrations (some color), plan ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182). : 8843571427
The Egyptian myths : a guide to the ancient gods and legends /
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"This handy guide to Egyptian mythology explores how the ancient Nile-dwellers explained the world around them. It delves into the creation and evolution of the world and the reigns of the gods on earth, before introducing us to the manifestations of Egypt's deities in the natural environment; the inventive ways in which the Egyptians dealt with the invisible forces all around them; and their beliefs about life after death."-- Dust jacket.
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OCLC 858843162 :
224 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-217) and index. :
9780500251980
0500251983 :
https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/staffView?searchId=25698&recPointer=0&recCount=25&searchType=0&bibId=17856644
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The cultural manifestations of religious experience : studies in honour of Boyo G. Ockinga /
: Festschrift 29 English, 5 German contributions This volume celebrates the 65th birthday of Egyptologist Boyo G. Ockinga (Macquarie University of Sydney). He brings together 34 contributions from well-known Egyptologists which throw new light on how religiosity manifests itself in cult objects in Ancient Egypt. The following questions are addressed: Do changing religious ideas influence art and architecture? How does literature reflect religious and cultural norms? How do historical facts affect religious expressions? : xi, 425 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9783868352351
Regressus ad uterum : la mort comme une nouvelle naissance dans les grands textes funéraires de l'Égypte pharaonique (Ve-XXe dynastie) /
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"This work, stem[ming] from a doctoral dissertation, aims at demonstrating that referring to birth and its practical modalities is an essential aspect of Ancient Egypt's funerary beliefs. From the Pyramid Texts to the books of the afterlife in the New Kingdom, funerary writings of Egypt are full of allusions to post mortem fate viewed as second birth, which imitates more of less precisely the biological process of the first. Be he king or an ordinary man, the dead is carried in gestation by one or several divine mothers and is born again in the afterworld; there his umbilical cord is cut, he is washed, fed and cared for like a newborn child. Numerous mythical elements join the purely practical ones, thus reinventing the biological model and showing the intermingling of both the worldly and cosmic levels. thanks to this cyclic process, not only does the deceased access the hereafter, but he is also eternally alive there." -- Page [4] of cover.
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xi, 451 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9782724707434
Hathor's alchemy : the ancient Egyptian roots of the hermetic art /
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Ever since alchemy first emerged in Graeco-Roman Egypt, alchemists have said their wisdom came from the pharaonic temples. Yet though the West has had unprecedented access to this hidden knowledge since the decipherment of hieroglyphs, ancient Egypt's connection with alchemy still remains obscure, doubted even by many. Focussing on the beautiful temples at Abu Simbel and Dendara, dedicated to the fiery serpent-eye goddess Hathor, this groundbreaking book explores for the first time the legacy left to alchemists by the pharaohs. It also goes deep into Ramesses VI's extraordinary tomb at Thebes to discover the secrets of growth and renewal guarded by Osiris and vivified by Hathor's copper love. Both metallurgical and mystical, these sacred secrets laid the foundations for the Hermetic art. The transmission initially came through Graeco-Egyptian and Jewish alchemists, then Islamic adepts, many of whom were Sufis belonging to an Akhmim alchemical lineage, until eventually Hathor's alchemy reached medieval Europe to inspire the 'rising dawn' tradition. And with a spiritual vision grounded in nature, it still has vital relevance for our world today.
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336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
0952423332
9780952423331
An ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead : the papyrus of Sobekmose /
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'The Book of the Dead of Sobekmose', in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York, is one of the most important surviving examples of the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead genre. Such papyrus scrolls were composed of traditional funerary texts, including magic spells, that were thought to assist a dead person on their journey into the afterlife. This publication is the first to offer a continuous English translation of a single, extensive, major text that can speak to us from beginning to end in the order in which it was composed. The papyrus itself is one of the longest of its kind to come down to us from the New Kingdom, a time when Egypt's international power and prosperity were at their peak. This new translation not only represents a great step forward in the study of these texts, but also grants modern readers a direct encounter with what can seem a remote and alien civilization. With language that is, in many places, unquestionably evocative and very beautiful, it offers a look into the mindset of the ancient Egyptians, highlighting their beliefs and anxieties about this world as well as the next. The papyrus itself is reproduced in its entirety and the translation is prefaced by a fully illustrated introductory essay which, along with a brief chronology of ancient Egypt and a glossary guiding the reader through the religious and mythological terminology that they will encounter, grounds it in its historical context.
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Glossary of terms and names, and chronology. :
216 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. :
Bibliography : pages 205-207. :
9780500051887