Egyptian Gods Myths Illustrated

"One of the world’s oldest civizations, Ancient Egypt lasted from the fourth millennium BCE until colonization by imperial Rome in the first century CE. In that time the Egyptians built huge pyramids, Alaces and tombs to celeate the ves of – and preserve for the afterfe – their god-kings, the pharaohs. Egyptian Gods Myths Illustrated provides a sumptuous, accessible guide to the regious beefs, myths and gods of this mighty and complex civization. In Egyptian Gods Myths Illustrated you can read about Ra, who created all the gods of the earth, and travelled across the sky every day as the sun; learn about the marriage of Isis and Osiris, and how Isis eathed fe into her husband after he had been chopped into tiny pieces by his jealous other Set; find out about Ma’at, the goddess of truth, justice and moraty, who used her feather of truth to weigh the hearts of the dead to decide who shod have eternal joy in the afterfe; and marvel at the Book of Thoth, which contained all the knowledge of the gods and sat at the bottom of the Nile locked in a series of boxes guarded by serpents. Beautifly produced in traditional Chinese binding with 100 illustrations and photographs, this book will fascinate anyone interested in the mythology of an ancient cture that lasted for more than 3,000 years and still has an enduring appeal today.