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Feb 2025
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Religion in Ancient Egypt

FILIP HOLM
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In this episode, we try to get a basic overview of the religion that was practiced in Ancient Egypt.


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Sources/Recomended Reading:


Assmann, Jan (2001). "The Search for God in Ancient Egypt". Translated by David Lorton. Cornell University Press.


Dunand, Françoise & Christiane Zivie-Coche (2005). "Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000 BCE to 395 CE". Translated by David Lorton. Cornell University Press.


Hornung, Erik (1996). "Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many". Translated by John Baines. Cornell University Press.


Hornung, Erik (1999). "Akhenaten and the Religion of Light". Translated by David Lorton. Cornell University Press.


Meeks, D., & Favard-Meeks, C. (1997). Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods (G. M. Goshgarian, Trans.; Pimilco).


Pinch, G. (2002). Handbook of Egyptian Mythology.


Quirke, Stephen (1992). "Ancient Egyptian Religion". British Museum Press.


Teeter, Emily (2011). "Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt". Cambridge University Press.


Wilkinson, R. H. (2003). The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt.


Wilkinson, R. H. (2000). The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt.


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