Brand new 2026 publication with beautiful hieroglyphs printed on the actual page edges and gilded decoration on the hard cover of King Tutankhamun's golden mask, Egyptian cats and goddesses, and with decorated endpapers. Chapters cover exploration, history and customs, the priesthood, mysteries and temples, the Cult of Osiris, the great gods, Egyptian literature, magic, foreign and animal gods, and Egyptian art, plus a note on pronunciation. Originally published as 'Myths & Legends of Egypt' in 1915, this now classic text now has this beautiful new large format presentation for every collector's bookshelf. It is a superb, indexed survey, exploring animism, totemism, fetishism, creation myths, the Book of the Dead, alchemy, religion under Persian rule, magical conspiracies, the hieroglyphs Ancient Egyptian system of writing, princes, demons, precious stones and more. Over 50 photographs and illustrations, 274 large pages in very glamorous hardback.
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