Books by Christiane Zivie-Coche
“It’s wide-ranging in its content. It’s not just mythology: it is also how the temples operated, and the priests, and the ordinary people’s lives, and interactions with the dead. So it covers all sorts of aspects of Egyptian religion. And normally a book on Egyptian religion might just cover up to the arrival of Alexander the Great, but this one carries on into the Greek and Roman phases too, so you get a bit more of an idea of how these ideas continued and melded with the Greco-Roman world.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Christiane Zivie-Coche were recommended
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Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt
by Geraldine Pinch -
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The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry
edited by William Kelly Simpson -
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Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000 BCE to 395 CE
by Christiane Zivie-Coche & Francoise Dunand -
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The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife
by Erik Hornung -
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The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
by Richard H. Wilkinson
Egyptian Mythology Books, recommended by Garry J. Shaw
Egyptian Mythology Books, recommended by Garry J. Shaw
Mythological beings were ever-present in the world for ancient Egyptians. Author Garry J. Shaw introduces his five best books to get started, from guides to source texts to lavish illustrations. He tells us why the worst parts were never written down, where to look for ghosts and magical spells, why the north is less well understood than the south, and why life is less well understood than the elaborate rituals of death.
