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Ancient Egypt

by Lorna Oakes, Lucia Gahlin

A fascinating guide to the mythology and religion of ancient Egypt and to to the awe-inspiring temples, tombs and other sacred sites of the world's first great civilization.

Accession 9781844774517 ISBN 9781844774517 Publisher Hermes House

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1. **Egyptian Mythology & Religion**
The book offers an in-depth examination of the gods, goddesses, myths, and religious beliefs that underpinned ancient Egyptian society. It explores how faith shaped every aspect of life, from state governance to personal ritual.

Connect to books about: comparative mythology, world religions, polytheism, ritual and belief systems.

2. **Death, Burial & the Afterlife**
A major focus is ancient Egypt's elaborate mortuary culture — tombs, funerary rites, mummification, and the theological ideas surrounding the journey to the afterlife. Famous burial sites such as Giza, Saqqara, and the Valley of the Kings are explored in detail.

Connect to books about: funerary archaeology, afterlife beliefs across cultures, mummification, thanatology.

3. **Sacred Architecture & Sacred Sites**
The book tours the monumental temples, pyramids, and shrines built to honour pharaohs and deities. It treats these structures as both engineering achievements and expressions of spiritual worldviews.

Connect to books about: ancient architecture, religious buildings, sacred geography, archaeological sites.

4. **Pharaonic Power & Political History**
The civilization covered spans more than 3,000 years, tracing the rise and fall of dynasties, the role of the pharaoh as divine ruler, and the political structures that sustained one of history's most enduring states.

Connect to books about: divine kingship, ancient governance, dynastic history, empire and statecraft.

5. **Civilizational Origins & Early Societies**
The book frames ancient Egypt as the world's first great civilization, examining how a complex society emerged along the Nile over 5,000 years ago — its agriculture, social hierarchy, trade, and institutions.

Connect to books about: the origins of civilization, river valley cultures, Mesopotamia, early state formation.

6. **Art, Iconography & Visual Culture**
Egyptian art was inseparable from religion and power — hieroglyphs, wall paintings, sculpture, and symbolic imagery all carried coded meaning. The book's illustrated format reflects the centrality of visual communication in this culture.

Connect to books about: ancient art history, iconography, hieroglyphics and writing systems, visual symbolism.

7. **Archaeology & Egyptology**
The book draws on the discoveries of modern Egyptology, covering landmark excavations and famous finds such as Tutankhamun's tomb. It reflects the scholarly discipline of recovering and interpreting a lost world from physical remains.

Connect to books about: archaeological method, the history of Egyptology, Howard Carter, ancient artefacts and museums.

8. **African History & the Ancient Nile World**
Egypt is situated within the broader context of African civilizational history and the Nile corridor that connected sub-Saharan Africa, the Near East, and the Mediterranean. The book touches on Egypt's place within this wider world.

Connect to books about: African ancient history, Nubia and Kush, Nile geography, cross-cultural exchange in the ancient world.

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