Pyramids and Pharaohs: A Deep Dive into Egyptian Mythology - Softcover

Minds, Mythic

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798870714417

Verlag: Independently published, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

The towering pyramids and enigmatic Sphinx have loomed large in humanity’s imagination for thousands of years. Behind these monumental structures built by ancient Egyptians lies an entire complex belief system about powerful kings ruling as earthly incarnations of gods and the journey to eternal life after death.

In Pyramids and Pharaohs: A Deep Dive into Egyptian Mythology, delve inside the worldview underscoring one of humanity’s earliest and most influential civilizations. Explore predynastic religions, the rise of monumental architecture, elaborately equipped tombs, and controversial legends, in this sweeping narrative that reveals the operatic sagas and rituals that shaped both daily life along the Nile and timeless icons.

From early falcon and animal cults to solar deities and Osiris, trace the evolution of gods paralleling political history and pyramid evolution. Kepler-quality illustrations reconstruct Old Kingdom sites and their astronomical alignments guiding dead god-kings into the stellar afterworld. Learn why constructed pyramids eventually could not support decadent mortality cults increasingly disconnected from commoners’ reality. And explore how much we still have to learn from ancient Egyptians’ veneration of cosmic forces beyond mortal comprehension.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798870714417
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 29
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