Religion of Ancient Egypt

by William Matthew Flinders Petrie

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)Other religions

15 chapters1h 57mEnglish1906

About this book

William Matthew Flinders Petrie – the father of Egyptian Archaeology – developed and applied statistical analysis to pottery from prehistoric sites and by this established seriation as a relative dating method as a major contribution to Egyptian Archaeology. In this scientific paper he describes special varieties of the conception of the supernatural in ancient Egypt. The source text also includes a list of "principal works on Egyptian religion" and a list of works "on religions ancient and modern". (Summary by Kajo and Piotrek81)

Chapters (15)

1Chapter I: The Nature of Gods

526

2Chapter II: The nature of man

477

3Chapter III: The future life

589

4Chapter IV: Animal worship

610

5Chapter V: The groups of gods. Animal-headed gods

672

6Chapter VI: The human gods

967

7Chapter VII: The cosmic gods

570

8Chapter VIII: The abstract gods

322

9Chapter IX: The foreign gods

321

10Chapter X: The cosmogony

238

11Chapter XI: The ritual and priesthood

418

12Chapter XII: The sacred books

368

13Chapter XIII: Private worship

345

14Chapter XIV: Egyptian ethics

300

15Chapter XV: The influence of Egypt

299

Religion of Ancient Egypt

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Chapters (15)

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