The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses contains one of the most comprehensive listings and descriptions of Egyptian deities. Now in its second edition, it provides:

• a new introduction
• updated entries and four new entries on deities
• names of the deities as Hieroglyphs
• a survey of gods and goddesses as they appear in classical literature
• an expanded chronology and updated bibliography, together with a list of relevant websites
• drawings of the gods and emblems of each district
• a map of ancient Egypt...

In 1922, when Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen, much of what was then known about mummies came from the writing of Greek historian Herodotus and from the paintings on the walls of Egyptian tombs. Even before 1922, the mummy had been the subject of fiction, with such writers as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tackling the subject, and early films dating back to 1901. In this work, the authors present the religious, social and scientific aspects of mummies as well as an in-depth discussion of facts about them (largely Egyptian, but including other kinds...

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