Following Osiris: Perspectives on the Osirian Afterlife from Four Millennia

ISBN-13: 9780199582228 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 672 str.

Mark Smith

Opis

Osiris, god of the dead, was one of ancient Egypt's most important deities. This volume is concerned with ancient Egyptian conceptions of the relationship between Osiris and the deceased, focusing on five distinct periods over four millennia to trace changes in aspirations for the Osirian afterlife and explore when and why they occurred.

O autorze

Mark Smith is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford and Lady Wallis Budge Fellow in Egyptology at University College, Oxford. Originally from the USA, he earned his PhD from the University of Chicago, Illinois, in 1979.