Egyptian Gods & Myths Illustrated
Amber Books (Verlag)
978-1-83886-590-0 (ISBN)
One of the world’s oldest civilizations, Ancient Egypt lasted from the fourth millennium BCE until colonization by imperial Rome in the first century CE. In that time the Egyptians built huge pyramids, palaces and tombs to celebrate the lives of – and preserve for the afterlife – their god-kings, the pharaohs. Egyptian Gods & Myths Illustrated provides a sumptuous, accessible guide to the religious beliefs, myths and gods of this mighty and complex civilization. In Egyptian Gods & Myths Illustrated you can read about Ra, who created all the gods of the earth, and travelled across the sky every day as the sun; learn about the marriage of Isis and Osiris, and how Isis breathed life into her husband after he had been chopped into tiny pieces by his jealous brother Set; find out about Ma’at, the goddess of truth, justice and morality, who used her feather of truth to weigh the hearts of the dead to decide who should have eternal joy in the afterlife; and marvel at the Book of Thoth, which contained all the knowledge of the gods and sat at the bottom of the Nile locked in a series of boxes guarded by serpents. Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding with 100 illustrations and photographs, this book will fascinate anyone interested in the mythology of an ancient culture that lasted for more than 3,000 years and still has an enduring appeal today.
Trevor Naylor is a Yorkshire author and traveller who has spent all his career in the field of books. Publishing has taken him to over 90 countries but he regards Egypt as his second home, the place he has returned to live and work in for over 30 years. He has explored every corner of this fascinating and friendly country during that time and has written several books. He is the author of Cairo Inside Out (2017) Egypt Inside Out (2019) and Living Normally – Where Life Comes Before Style (2007) and is co-author of A Roving Eye- Head to Toe In Egyptian Arabic Expression (2016).
Contents
Introduction
Book of the Dead
Gods and Goddesses
THE GREAT ENNEAD ATUM SHU TEFNUT GEB NUT OSIRIS ABYDOS AND THE OSEIRON ISIS SETH NEPHTHYS PHILAE TEMPLE AND ISIS
GODS OF THE SUN SKY AND STARS AMUN KARNAK TEMPLE AND AMUN-RE KHONSU RA HORUS EDFU TEMPLE & HORUS Gengen-Wer BENNU THOTH MONTU NEMTY Babi SOPDU ATEN AMARNA & ATEN
GODS OF THE NILE AND DESERT TAWARET Ammut Mafdet SATIS SOBEK WADJET RENENUNET HEKET Apophis Mehen Ipet NUN KHEPRI
CATS AND DOGS BASTET ANUBIS AKER MAHES SEKHMET Bes Wepwawet MUT PAKET
GODS AND HUMANS TATANEN AMAUNET HAPI IMENTET ANUKIS Imhotep ONURIS NEFERTEM NEITH Shed Shezmu Tayet MAAT NEPER PTAH SERAPIS SESHAT QADESH HEH WASET
GODS OF THE FIELDS APIS Sothis HESAT HATHOR DENDERA TEMPLE AND HATHOR KHNUM MEHET-WERET
Glossary
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.09.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Chinese Bound Illustrated |
| Zusatzinfo | Index; Maps; Halftones, color; Halftones, black and white; Illustrations, color |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 196 x 265 mm |
| Gewicht | 1150 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83886-590-X / 183886590X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83886-590-0 / 9781838865900 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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