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- catalog abstract ""Incorporating the latest and best scholarship in the area, The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion provides over 90 in-depth articles ranging from Anubis, the dog-headed god of the underworld, to the Opening of the Mouth, the cultic ceremony of reanimation. Readers will find informative and fascinating entries on deities, burial practices, cults, demons, fantastic animals, magic, oracles, sacred writings, festivals, myths, the afterlife, and other facets of Egyptian belief and practice. Each entry is written by a noted Egyptologist and contains the most up-to-date information gathered from years of study and research. The guide includes 28 photographs and illustrations, a detailed index, and a further reading section for those wanting to explore in more detail. With an insightful introduction by world-renowned Egyptologist Donald B. Redford, this definitive resource is essential for anyone interested in Ancient Egyptians and the world they inhabited. It is the guide for the student, the scholar, and the general reader."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Guide to Egyptian religion".
- catalog contributor b12510940.
- catalog coverage "Egypt Religion Dictionaries.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Incorporating the latest and best scholarship in the area, The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion provides over 90 in-depth articles ranging from Anubis, the dog-headed god of the underworld, to the Opening of the Mouth, the cultic ceremony of reanimation. Readers will find informative and fascinating entries on deities, burial practices, cults, demons, fantastic animals, magic, oracles, sacred writings, festivals, myths, the afterlife, and other facets of Egyptian belief and practice. Each entry is written by a noted Egyptologist and contains the most up-to-date information gathered from years of study and research. The guide includes 28 photographs and illustrations, a detailed index, and a further reading section for those wanting to explore in more detail. With an insightful introduction by world-renowned Egyptologist Donald B. Redford, this definitive resource is essential for anyone interested in Ancient Egyptians and the world they inhabited. It is the guide for the student, the scholar, and the general reader."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Afterlife -- Akh -- Amulets -- Amun and Amun-Re -- Anubis -- Aten -- Atum -- Ba -- Bes -- Bull gods -- Burial practices -- Canopic jars and chests -- Coffins, sarcophagi, and cartonnages -- Color symbolism -- Curses -- Dieties -- Demons -- Divinity -- Drama -- Fantastic animals -- Fate -- Feline deities -- Festival calendars -- Festivals -- Four sons of Horus -- Funerary cones -- Funerary figurines -- Funerary literature -- Funerary ritual -- Geb -- Hathor -- Hell -- Horus -- Isis -- Judgment of the dead -- -- Ka -- Ka-Chapel -- Kamutef -- Khnum -- Khonsu -- Maat -- Magic -- Masks -- Min -- Models -- Monotheism -- Montu -- Mummification --Mut -- Myths -- Necropolis -- Nefertum -- Neith -- Nephthys -- Nun -- Nut -- Offerings -- Opening of the mouth -- Oracles -- Osiris -- Paradise -- Piety -- Priesthood -- Ptah -- Re and Re-Horakhty -- Sacred barks -- Seth -- Shadow -- Shu -- Sobek -- Sokar -- Symbols -- Taboo -- Taweret -- Tefnut -- Thoth -- Tombs -- Wepwawet.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-389) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 405 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195154010 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Egypt Religion Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "299/.31/03 21".
- catalog subject "BL2428 .A53 2002".
- catalog subject "Mythology, Egyptian Dictionaries.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Afterlife -- Akh -- Amulets -- Amun and Amun-Re -- Anubis -- Aten -- Atum -- Ba -- Bes -- Bull gods -- Burial practices -- Canopic jars and chests -- Coffins, sarcophagi, and cartonnages -- Color symbolism -- Curses -- Dieties -- Demons -- Divinity -- Drama -- Fantastic animals -- Fate -- Feline deities -- Festival calendars -- Festivals -- Four sons of Horus -- Funerary cones -- Funerary figurines -- Funerary literature -- Funerary ritual -- Geb -- Hathor -- Hell -- Horus -- Isis -- Judgment of the dead -- -- Ka -- Ka-Chapel -- Kamutef -- Khnum -- Khonsu -- Maat -- Magic -- Masks -- Min -- Models -- Monotheism -- Montu -- Mummification --Mut -- Myths -- Necropolis -- Nefertum -- Neith -- Nephthys -- Nun -- Nut -- Offerings -- Opening of the mouth -- Oracles -- Osiris -- Paradise -- Piety -- Priesthood -- Ptah -- Re and Re-Horakhty -- Sacred barks -- Seth -- Shadow -- Shu -- Sobek -- Sokar -- Symbols -- Taboo -- Taweret -- Tefnut -- Thoth -- Tombs -- Wepwawet.".
- catalog title "Guide to Egyptian religion".
- catalog title "The ancient gods speak : a guide to Egyptian religion / edited by Donald B. Redford.".
- catalog type "Dictionaries. fast".
- catalog type "text".