Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt (Blackwell Ancient Religions) - Hardcover

This book provides a new and rather different view of religious practice amongst the ancient Egyptians, drawing on an extensive range of texts, artefacts, contextual information, and anthropological approaches from outside Egypt. (Ancient Egypt, 1 April 2015)

Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt offers a stimulating overview of the study of ancient Egyptian religion by examining research drawn from beyond the customary boundaries of Egyptology and shedding new light on entrenched assumptions. * Discusses the evolution of religion in ancient Egypt a belief system that endured for 3,000 years * Dispels several modern preconceptions about ancient Egyptian religious practices * Reveals how people in ancient Egypt struggled to secure well-being in the present life and the afterlife