Mummies, Myth, and Magic: Religion in Ancient Egypt (Lucent Library of Historical Eras)

Next to the famous pyramids, Egypt is perhaps most famous for its rich and complex body of religious beliefs, customs and practices. In this volume an expert on the ancient world examines Egypt's gods, creation myths, beliefs about the afterlife, tombs (and efforts to thwart tomb robbers), embalming techniques, magic spells, amulets, hymns and prayers and much more.