Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods

Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 0801482488
ISBN-13 : 9780801482489
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Book Synopsis Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods by : Dimitri Meeks

Download or read book Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods written by Dimitri Meeks and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upset it, with individual gods acting to protect their own positions in an established hierarchy and struggling to gain power over their fellows. The nature of their immortal but not vulnerable bodies, their pleasures, and their needs are considered. What did they eat, the authors ask, and did they feel pain? The second part of the book cites familiar traditions and littleknown texts to explain the relationship of the gods to the pharaoh, who was believed to represent.


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