RT Book
T1 The Religion of Ancient Egypt
T2 Cambridge library collection. Egyptology
A1 Petrie, W
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 1912
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1655725874
AB A pioneering Egyptologist, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. In this concise 1912 publication, aimed at non-specialists, Petrie discusses the key aspects of ancient Egyptian religion and the philosophies that underpinned it. Beginning with an explanation of the ancient conception of deities, the text explores the various types of god in the Egyptian pantheon and the ancient theory of the afterlife. It also gives due attention to such structures of belief as ritual, priesthood and scripture. The book ends with an examination of the ways in which ancient Egyptian religion spread through the ancient world and how Egyptian ideas were reused and transformed by later religions, including Christianity. Petrie wrote prolifically throughout his long career, and a great many of his other publications - for both specialists and non-specialists - are also reissued in this series.
CN BL2441
SN 9781107325289
K1 Egypt ; Religion
K1 Egypt : Religion.
K1 Egypt : Religion
DO 10.1017/CBO9781107325289