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“claude traunecker”

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  • The Gods of Egypt

    by Claude Traunecker ...
    Translated by David Lorton ...
    The Gods of Egypt**, first published in France in 1992 and now in its third French edition, is a short, elegant, and highly accessible survey of ancient Egyptian religion.** The clarity and brevity of Claude Traunecker's book make it especially valuable to readers seeking an authoritative introduction to this complex topic. The Cornell edition, the first English translation, is enhanced by 23 ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • The Woman Who Would Be King

    Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt

    by Kara Cooney ...
    An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power.Hatshepsut—the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne—was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father’s family. Her failure to produce a male heir, however, paved the way for her improbable rule as a cross-dressing king. At just over ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • A History of Religious Ideas Volume 1

    From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries

    by Mircea Eliade ...
    Translated by Willard R. Trask ...
    Series Book 1 - A History of Religious Ideas
    "Everyone who cares about the human adventure will find new information and new angles of vision."—Martin E. Marty, The New York Times Book ReviewThis extraordinary work delves into the subject of religion in the prehistoric and ancient worlds—humankind's earliest quests for meaning. From Neanderthal burials to the mythology of the Iron Age, to the religions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Israel, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Egyptian Myth

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Geraldine Pinch ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The complex world of Egyptian myth is clearly illuminated in this fascinating new approach to ancient Egypt. Geraldine Pinch explores the cultural and historical background behind a wide variety of sources and objects, from Cleopatra's Needle and Tutankhamun's golden statue, to a story on papyrus of the gods misbehaving. What did they mean, and how have they been interpreted? The reader is taken ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • How To Read The Egyptian Book Of The Dead

    by Barry Kemp ...
    The Egyptians created a world of supernatural forces so vivid, powerful and inescapable that controlling one's destiny within it was a constant preoccupation. In life, supernatural forces manifested themselves through misfortune and illness,and after death were faced for eternity in the Otherworld, along with the divine gods who controlled the universe. The Book of the Dead empowered the reader to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt

    by Rosalie David ...
    The ancient Egyptians believed that the Nile - their life source - was a divine gift. Religion and magic permeated their civilization, and this book provides a unique insight into their religious beliefs and practices, from 5000 BC to the 4th century AD, when Egyptian Christianity replaced the earlier customs. Arranged chronologically, this book provides a fascinating introduction to the world of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Scythian Empire

    Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China

    by Christopher I. Beckwith ...
    A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient worldIn the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE, Scythian warriors conquered and unified most of the vast Eurasian continent, creating an innovative empire that would give birth to the age of philosophy and the Classical age across the ancient world—in the West, the Near East, India, and China. Mobile horse ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

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  • Zoroastrianism

    An Introduction

    by Associate Professor Jenny Rose ...
    Series series I.B.Tauris Introductions to Religion
    Zoroastrianism is one of the world's great ancient religions. In present-day Iran, significant communities of Zoroastrians (who take their name from the founder of the faith, the remarkable religious reformer Zoroaster) still practise the rituals and teach the moral precepts that once undergirded the officially state-sanctioned faith of the mighty Sasanian empire. Beyond Iran, the Zoroastrian ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts

    The Mystical Tradition of Ancient Egypt

    by Jeremy Naydler ...
    A radical reinterpretation of the Pyramid Texts as shamanic mystical wisdom rather than funerary rituals• Reveals the mystical nature of Egyptian civilization denied by orthodox Egyptologists• Examines the similarity between the pharaoh’s afterlife voyage and shamanic journeying• Shows shamanism to be the foundation of the Egyptian mystical traditionTo the Greek philosophers and other peoples of ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Eternal Egypt

    Ancient Rituals for the Modern World

    by Richard J. Reidy ...
    Eternal Egypt: Ancient Rituals for the Modern World is the first comprehensive collection of important temple rituals performed throughout Egypt during the time of the pharaohs. The author presents seven key rites from official temple records and ancient esoteric texts for personal or group use.This guidebook also:- presents rituals in a form designed to assist initiates in restoring the ancient ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Temple of the Cosmos

    The Ancient Egyptian Experience of the Sacred

    by Jeremy Naydler ...
    In this guide to the cosmology of ancient Egypt, Jeremy Naydler recreates the experience of living in another time and place. Temple of the Cosmos explores Egypt's sacred geography and mythology; but more importantly, it reveals with unprecedented clarity an ancient consciousness in tune with the rhythms of the earth. The ancient Egyptians experienced their gods not as remote beings but rather as ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • On the Trail of the Indo-Europeans: From Neolithic Steppe Nomads to Early Civilisations

    by Harald Haarmann ...
    For more than 3000 years, Indo-European languages have been spoken from India through Persia and into Europe. Where are the origins of this language family? How and when did its different linguistic branches emerge? The renowned historical linguist Harald Haarmann provides a graphic account of what we know today about the origins of Indo-European languages and cultures and how they came to be so ... Read more

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