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Daily life of the Egyptian gods

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This work looks at the gods as if they were a newly discovered tribe found in some remote part of the world, describing how their community works.

It reveals conflicts as individual gods struggle to gain power over their fellows - or avoid having others gain power over them.

The nature of their immortal but not invulnerable bodies, their pleasures and their needs are all considered.The second part of the book cites familar traditions and little known texts to explain the relationship of the gods to the Pharaoh, who was believed to represent them on earth.

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John Murray
0719556260 / 9780719556265
Hardback
01/03/1997
England
English
vii, 249 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), map (black and whi
24 cm
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Reprint. This translation originally published: Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1996.