Cult of the Sun: Myth and Magic in Ancient Egypt, by David, Rosalie
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Cult of the Sun: Myth and Magic in Ancient Egypt, by David, Rosalie. J.M. Dent & Sons: London, 1980. Edition: First Edition. ISBN: 046004284X. Hardcover, 8vo, 6.25 by 9.5 inches, 208 pages. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Well illustrated with 36 plates (on 24 pages) and 34 line drawings. Includes Index and Select Bibliography.

Condition: Very Good in a Good Plus jacket. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped. Jacket has closed tears near spine ends top and bottom, and the inside of the jacket shows water marks near the spine and extending about 1 1/2 inches on either side, creaping up the jacket about 1/2 inch at the highest point. There is a slight mark to the surface of the cover in the area of water damage to the jacket, but there is no warping of the boards, and it does not extend to the interior of the book.

Contents: Publisher's Note:

In this fascinating and original look at the culture and civilization of ancient Egypt, Dr. Rosalie David explains how myth, magic and ritual controlled the lives of the people. She builds up an intriguing picture of the growth of the sun cult -- the development of the king as 'son of Re' (the sun god) in pre-dynastic Egypt, and the adoption of RE as the great royal god; the purpose, building and decoration of the great temple and pyramid complexes during the Old Kingdom, and their link with the king's afterlife; the 'Mansions of Ka' or tombs of the nobles, their funerary customs and the role of Re in connection with mummies; the rise of Amun to power in the 18th Dynasty, when Amun and Re became syncretized into Amen-Re, state-god and god of the people; and finally the religious revolution of Akhenaten, the sun-god as the one and only god, symbolized by the Aten or sun's disc.

Illustrated with plans of the pyramids and temples, and drawings and photographs of mural paintings, mummies, statues and other objects found in the tombs, CULTOF THE SUN will be of great general interest, as well as providing valuable new insights for historians, Egyptologists and archaeologists.