[Help] Looking for books about Egyptian mythology & ritual

[Vandheer]

Hi all,

Just what the title says. More academically correct the better of course. I have no interest reading about how Ra is actually an alien from Vega.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Robert Ramsay]

I got this and read it - it's very entertaining and yet correct (as far as I know)

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[Diluculo_DelFuego]

Rosemary Clark's books are quite good.
E.A. Wallace-Budge was thought to be the expert on Egypt for decades.

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I'd uploaded a few a ways back in time as well.

 

[Vandheer]

I got this and read it - it's very entertaining and yet correct (as far as I know)

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Great, it has a kindle so I will get that one.

Rosemary Clark's books are quite good.
E.A. Wallace-Budge was thought to be the expert on Egypt for decades.

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I'd uploaded a few a ways back in time as well.

These names sound familiar, latter wrote the translation of Book of the Dead I think?

 

[Diluculo_DelFuego]

Correct, in a edition to a few more.
Clark has written a few books which are quite good, not overly academic but academic and to the point.
Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts another one that is academic.
Pity my archaeology grandfather is no longer alive. You could try looking into George Glenn Cameron, my grandfather. He did extensive near east and some orient work.

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Takacs, Gabor - Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian Vol 1.

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Bob Brier - Ancient Egyptian Magic

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? - The Little Book of Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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Then there are the old papyri.

 

[Vandheer]

Thanks for the list man.

He did extensive near east and some orient work.

Badass.


I will start with the book of the dead then.

 

[Diluculo_DelFuego]

Oh .. keep in mind that as beautiful and interesting as it is, it is simply a text on how they dealt with the dead and guiding them to the afterlife.

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You know, two vastly overlooked deities in Egypt were Ptah and Amun. Ra and Horus or Osiris can also be helpful.
Ptah was sort of the prime mover if you will, replaced by Amun then b Osiris. Now Horus is the new consciousness.
Another point is that most gods were territorial, not in terms go how humans are territorial, but where exactly they were worshipped.

 

[HoldAll]

I got a special Egypt folder on mega, will upload some more books later today:

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[Diluculo_DelFuego]

Any chance you moved a bunch of file I uploaded on Egypt into the Egypt folder for benefactors? I was looking for a shit ton of books I uploaded, and cannot find many of them.

 

[HoldAll]

Any chance you moved a bunch of file I uploaded on Egypt into the Egypt folder for benefactors? I was looking for a shit ton of books I uploaded, and cannot find many of them.

No idea what you are talking about. Those are just books I uploaded for everyone here over time.

 

[Vandheer]

I got a special Egypt folder on mega, will upload some more books later today:

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Nice, it has the book suggested by Robert too. Awesome.

 

[Diluculo_DelFuego]

Don't forget that Cliff Notes used to have triple size/length of pages on world mythology bookd.
I want to say the Golden Bough, but there was a writer around that authors time that wrote on mythology, Joseph Campbell maybe? Or maybe Frazier.