The Religion of Ancient Egypt (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology) - Softcover

Petrie, William Matthew Flinders

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108065783 ISBN 13: 9781108065788

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description:

Published in 1912, this concise work for non-specialists introduces the key aspects of ancient Egyptian religion. Renowned Egyptologist W. M. Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) gives due attention to the structures of ancient belief, such as ritual, priesthood and scripture, as well as the spread of Egyptian religion throughout the ancient world.

About the Author:

Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS (3 June 1853 - 28 July 1942), known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated at many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt, such as Naukratis, Tanis, Abydos and Amarna. Some consider his most famous discovery to be that of the Merneptah Stele, an opinion with which Petrie himself concurred.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1108065783
• ISBN 13: 9781108065788
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112