Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt

Stephen Quirke is Professor of Egyptology in the Institute for Archaeology at University College London, and Curator at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. His books include The Cult of Ra: Sun-Worship in Ancient Egypt (2001), Egyptian Literature 1800 BC: Questions and Readings (2004), and Lahun: A Town in Egypt 1800 BC, and the History of its Landscape (2005).

“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)

• Preface vi1 Belief without a Book 12 Finding the Sacred in Space and Time 383 Creating Sacred Space and Time: Temple Architecture and Festival 804 Chaos and Life: Forces of Creation and Destruction 1105 Being Good: Doing, Saying, and Making Good Possible 1506 Being Well 1777 Attaining Eternal Life: Sustenance and Transformation 201Bibliography 238Index 256