Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt

Description

In this book, James Henry Breasted details the evolution of religious belief through thousands of years of Egyptian history. He describes (and quotes extensively from) the great funerary texts, most importantly the Pyramid texts, as well as the Coffin texts and the Book of the Dead. He covers the history of Egyptian religion from the earliest Osiran beliefs up to the groundbreaking monotheism of Akhenaton. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in Ancient Egyptian religion.

This book has 277 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1912.

Production notes: This ebook of Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt was published by Global Grey in 2018.