Horus' Eye and Osiris' Efflux: The Egyptian Civilisation of Inundation c. 3000-2000 BCE

by Terje Oestigaard

Death and the life-giving waters of the Nile were intimately interwoven in ancient Egyptian religion. The principal objective of this study is to develop a synthetic perspective for enhancing the understanding of the religious roles water had in the rise and constitution of the Egyptian civilisation during the Early Dynastic Period and the Old Kingdom. The author employs an archaeological, inter-disciplinary and comparative 'water perspective' in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407307908
• ISBN13: 9781407307909
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.6"