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Books on Ancient Egyptian Religion: Theology, Mythology, Philosophy
Associated to Place: Per Ankh - The Library at the Temple of Isis, > articles -- by * Mirjam Nebet (118 Articles), General Article
This is a list of some books on Ancient Egyptian Religion in general. There are of course many many more but these are the ones I personally have some experience of. Books on specific deities will be in next article. I will try to update the list somewhat regularly.

Gods and Myths of Ancient Egypt - Robert A. Armour
The American University in Cairo Press 1986 ISBN 977 424 113 4

The Search for God in Ancient Egypt - Jan Assman
Cornell University Press, Ithaca & London 2001 ISBN 08014-8729-3 (pbk)

Gods, Priests and Men; Studies in the Religion of Pharaonic Egypt - Aylard M. Blackman, edited by Alan B. Lloyd
Kegan Paul International Ltd 1998 ISBN 0-7103-0412-9

The Private Chapel in Ancient Egypt; A Study of the Chapels in the Workmen´s Village at El Amarna with Special Reference to Deir el Medina and Other Sites - Ann H. Bomann
Kegan Paul International 1991 ISBN0-7103-0346-7

Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt - James H. Breasted
University of Pennsylvania Press 1972 ISBN 0-8122-1045-X

Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt - Rosalie David
Penguin Books 2002 (pbk)

The Ancient Egyptians - Religious Beliefs and Practises - A. Rosalie David
Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd London 1982 ISBN 0-7100-0878-3 (pbk)

Cult of the Sun - Myth and Magic in Ancient Egypt - A. Rosalie David
J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London ISBN 0-460-04-284-X

Gods and Men in Egypt - Francoise Dunand & Christiane Zivie-Coche.
Cornell University 2004, ISBN0-8014-8853-2

The Triumph of Horus - transl & ed: H.W. Fairman
University of Californa Press 1974 ISBN 0-520-02550-4

Kingship and the Gods - Henri Frankfort
The University of Chicago Press 1948, 1978 ISBN 0-226-26011-9

Egyptian Mythology - (based on Mythologie Générale, Larousse)
Paul Hamlyn Books Ltd, London 1965

Egyptian Mythology - Veronica Ions
The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd, London 1965

Egyptian Religion - Siegfried Morenz
Cornell University Press, Ithaca 1973 ISBN 0-8014--8029-9

Egyptian Myths - George Hart
British Museum Press 1990 ISBN 0-7141-2064-2

Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods - Dimitri Meeks & Christine Favard-Meeks
Cornell University Press 1996, ISBN 0-8014-3115-8

Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt; The One and the Many - Erik Hornung
Cornell University Press 1982 ISBN 0-8014-8384-0

The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife - Erik Hornung
Cornell Univeristy Press 1999 ISBN 0-80-14-3515-3

The Great Goddesses of Egypt - Barbara S. Lesko
University of Oklahoma Press 1999 ISBN 0-8061-3202-7

Magic in Ancient Egypt - Geraldine Pinch
British Museum Press 1994 ISBN 0 7141 0979 1

Handbook of Egyptian Mythology - Geraldine Pinch
ABC Clio´s Handbooks of World Mythology 2002. ISBN 1-57607-242-8

Ancient Egyptian Religion - Stephen Quirke
British Museum Press 1992 ISBN 0-7141-0966-5

The Temple in Ancient Egypt; New discoveries and Recent Research - ed: Stephen Quirke
British Museum Press 1997 ISBN 0-7141-0993-2

The Ancient Gods Speak; A Guide to Egyptian Religion - ed: Donald B. Redford
Oxford University Press 2002 ISBN 0-19-515401-0

Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt - R.T. Rundle Clark
Thames & Hudson 1959 ISBN 0-500-27112-7

Temple Festival Calendars of Ancient Egypt - Sherif El-Sabban
Liverpool University Press 2000 ISBN 0 85323 623 2

The Priests of Ancient Egypt - Serge Sauneron
Cornell University Press 2000 ISBN 0-8014-3685-0

Religion in Ancient Egypt; Gods, Myths and Personal Practice - edited by Byron E. Shafer
Cornell University Press 1991 ISBN 0-8014-2550-6

Temples of Ancient Egypt - ed: Byron E.Shafer
Cornell University, Ithaca 1997 ISBN 0-8014-3399-1

The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt - Richard H. Wilkinson
Thames & Hudson 2000 ISBN 0-500-05100-3


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