Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt

Table Of Contents

Religion and Magic in Ancient EgyptList of Figures and Maps
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
A Chronological Table of Egyptian History

Chapter 1: The Creation of Egyptian Civilization

Chapter 2: The Emergence of Religion
Predyanstic and Early Dynastic Periods, c.5000-2686 BCE

Chapter 3: The Rise of The Sun-Cult
The Old Kingdom, c.2686-2181 BCE

Chapter 4: Osiris, the People’s God
the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom, c.2181-1786 BCE

Chapter 5: Religion and Empire
Transition from the Second Intermediate Period to the Early New Kingdom, 1786-c.1400 BCE

Chapter 6: The Amarna Heresy
the New Kingdom, c.1400-1320 BCE

Chapter 7: The Return of Orthodoxy
Later New Kingdom, c.1320-1085 BCE

Chapter 8: Kings and Priests: The Final Conflict
The Third Intermediate and Late Periods, 1085-332 BCE

Chapter 9: East Meets West: Conflict and Co-operation in Graeco-Roman Egypt
332 BCE-4th Century ACE

Appendix A: Selected Passages from Egyptian Texts

Appendix B: A Selective List of Major Religious Sites in Egypt and Nubia

Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index