What are some good secondary sources on Ancient Egyptian religion ?
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Some of the better secondary sources include:\n\nRitner, Robert  "The Mechanics of Egyptian Magical Practice" SAOC No. 54.  Chicago:  Oriental Institute University of Chicago\n\nHornung, Erik (translated by Lorton, D.) "The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife"\n\nShafer, Byron "Religion in Ancient Egypt:  Gods, Myths, and Personal Practice" with chapters by John Baines, Leonard Lesko, and David Silverman\n\nThese 3 are a good beginning and should provide you with plenty of additional bibliography.
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Here's a search string that will help you:\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=isis+ancient+egypt&btnG=Search\n\nAnd here's a couple of books I'd recommend:\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520028996/qid=1141436273/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6862766-4572151?n=507846&s=books&v=glance\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520036158/qid=1141436273/sr=8-4/ref=pd_bbs_4/102-6862766-4572151?n=507846&s=books&v=glance\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520040201/qid=1141436273/sr=8-5/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i5_xgl14/102-6862766-4572151?n=507846&s=books&v=glance\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517203804/qid=1141436300/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6862766-4572151?n=507846&s=books&v=glance
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Try Googling "Ancient Egyptian Astronomy". If you're looking for stuff that old, it may be hard to find. That's prehistory, so it's either unrecorded or still in translation - if they've uncovered anything on the subject.\n\nYou might also try National Geographic's website, and perhaps your local science museum may have something as well.
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http://www.seaworld.org/fun-zone/fun-guides/egypt/hieroglyphics.htm\nhttp://www.kingtut-treasures.com/hiero.htm
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here is a link for an illustrated summary version of exodus\nhttp://www.thebricktestament.com/exodus/index.html
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Egyptians believed in the concept of life after death, which led them to the art of embalming and drove them to build the pyramids and tombs.\n    They also believed in god worship.  The god-forms each represented a principle or aspect of the supreme creator.  \n\n\n\nThese links will provide more information about Egypt:  \nhttp://library.thinkquest.org/15924/\nhttp://www.egyptheart.org/\nhttp://neferchichi.com/
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You can find both of them online. Here are the URLs:\n\n6th Book of Moses:  http://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/moses6/index.htm\n\n7th Book of Moses:  http://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/moses7/index.htm
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I couldn't list them all for you if I wanted to. There are more that were rejected than there were that were approved. Everyone that has suggested looking up Apochrypal texts is on the right track. The life of Adam and Eve was a good one from the old testament. The Book of Enoch, The gospels of Mary, and Judas, Peters Revalations. Those are just a few of the interesting ones.
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1.  The Egyptians main food was bread.  It was made out of barley and emmer wheat. Numerous varieties of fruits and vegetables were also grown in irrigated gardens.  They also ate a variety of meat, fish, and fowl. Fowl included domestic geese, pigeons and a wide variety of wild birds. \n2.  There are no forests in Egypt but there are date palms and citrus groves. Papyrus plants grow only near the Nile.\n3. The climate in Egypt is hot and dry and there are only two seasons which are winter (December through March) , and summer ( the rest of the year). The average temperature in the winter is between 55 and 70 degrees F. The average temperature in the summer is between 80 and 90 degrees F. In the summer the temperature can be as high as 110 degrees F.\n4.  Egyptians believed in the concept of life after death, which led them to the art of embalming and drove them to build the pyramids and tombs.  They also believed in god worship.  The god-forms each represented a principle or aspect of the supreme creator.  \n5.  The area of Egypt is 386,662 square miles. The distances from east to west is 770 miles and from north to south it is 675 miles.\n6.  Egyptians, men and women, wore beaded necklaces, bracelets, and anklets.  They used wooden colored beads and yarn to make colorful jewelry.  \n7.  Egypt is in Africa. It is bordered by Mediterranean Sea, on the North and by the East, the Red Sea. The longest river in the world, the Nile River, goes right through it. \n8.  Imagine how big 90 pyramids would be all together? Well, more than 90 pyramids in Egypt are on the west bank of the Nile River. They did this for a religious reason: the sun sets on the West Bank of the Nile River. \n9.  Egypt is divided into 4 main parts, The Nile Valley, The Arabian Desert, The Libyan Desert, and The Sinai. About 95 percent of Egypt is desert land. The Sahara Desert covers more than two thirds of Egypt. The other deserts are the Libyan Desert, the Arabian Desert, and the Nubian Desert.  \n10.  Egypt is 50 feet below sea level. Some important cities, towns, and places in Egypt are Cairo (the capitol) , Giza, Memphis, Thebes, Alexandria, Suez Canal, Abu Simbel, Sinai Peninsula, and Rosetta. The highest point in Egypt is Jabal Katrina and is 8,668 feet high. The lowest point is Qattara Depression and is 436 feet below sea level.
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Ancient Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nEgyptian society was a merging of North and Northeast African as well as Southwest Asian peoples. ... Open problems Main article: Unsolved problems in Egyptology . There is a question as to the ... \n\nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian Cached page \nShow more results from "en.wikipedia.org".\nThe Daily Summit - Egyptian Perspectives - \nCairo has gone a long way in ICT during the past decade but several problems still exist and ... Egyptian human rights activist sees the initiative similarly but says that the Egyptian society is ... \n\nwww.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/07/egyptian_perspectives_.asp Cached page \nMuslim American Society\n... on Immigrants' Rights • MAS Freedom Foundation Condemns Egyptian ... The Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation is seeking to raise ... Prospects and Problems • Muslims in American Politics\n\nwww.masnet.org
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http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/rsouth/gieseler/EGYPT/farming_along_the_nile.htm\nhttp://www.digitalblair.net/E_farming.htm\nhttp://www.kingtutshop.com/freeinfo/Ancient-Egyptian-Calendar.htm\nCHeck out these sites as well as this one\nhttp://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/\nI think you might find your answers there. There is a cool game too about the flood and growing crops. Enjoy.
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This site may answer all your questions:\nhttp://www.sk4p.net/egypt/gods.shtml
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It depends what you mean. If you mean when did people start to worship a God or Goddess, then evidence of early pagan religions have been found in cave paintings! So a long long long time ago\n\nEDIT: Just thought if you mean when did organised religion start, I know that Egyptian civilization can be traced back as far as 5000 bc ish, I think that when the very early form of their religion came into being. Not sure if theres any that are older.
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Here are a couple of links for Sumerian Tablet information:\n\nhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/sum/sum05.htm\nhttp://groups.msn.com/ILLUMINATIUNCOVERED/serpentgods.msnw\nhttp://www.theology.edu/sumer.htm
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If you want a Coptic language edition you'd do best contacting the Coptic Church on line. If you just want the books that are in the Coptic Bible you can go to Barnes & Nobles and buy the following ... The Book of Enoch, the Book of Jubelees, and either a Catholic Bible or a copy of the original King James Version which also contained the Protestant Apocrapha. The reason that I say this is because the only real difference between the Coptic Bible and, say, the Roman Catholic version is the inclusion by the Coptic Church of the Book of Enoch and the Book of Jubelees. And these aren't hard to find. The Book of Enoch is easy to find. The Book of Jubelees is a little harder because its usually published along with other texts as well. I've never seen a bound copy of it by itself before. One book that includes it is The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden. That's pretty easy to find. Good luck. ~ Peace & Blessings ~ P.S. I'm familiar with the organization in Arkansas refered to by the other person who answered your question. I'm sure they have a good library and all, but knowing them as I do (because I live not far from them) I wouldn't bother. They don't deal in what they would consider extra-biblical material.
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oh no, there were the canaanite religions.\nthey worshiped various gods like ishtar and baal. \nthey believed in the story of gilgamesh.\nthey built step-like temples. \nits not as popular as the egyptian religion, but they did have lots in common.
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Religion guided every aspect of Egyptian life. Egyptian religion was based on polytheism, or the worship of many deities, except for during the reign of Akenaton. The Egyptians had as many as 2000 gods and goddesses. Some, such as Amun, were worshipped throughout the whole country, while others had only a local following. Often gods and goddesses were represented as part human and part animal. \n\nFor example, Horus, the sky god, had the head of a hawk, and body of a human. They considered animals such as the bull, the cat, and the crocodile to be holy. Their two chief gods were Amon-Ra and Osiris. Amon-Ra was believed to be the sun god and the lord of the universe. Osiris was the god of the underworld. Stories about him revolved around the idea of immortality. Osiris was the god that made a peaceful afterlife possible. The Egyptian "Book of the Dead" contains the major ideas and beliefs in the ancient Egyptian religion. Because their religion stressed an afterlife, Egyptians devoted much time and wealth to preparing for survival in the next world. \n\nThe Egyptians had many tales about how the world began. According to one legend, it started with an ocean in darkness. Then a mound of dry land rose up and the sun god Re appeared. He created light and all things. Another version has the sun God emerging from a sacred blue lotus that grew out of the mud, while a third version has him appearing as a scarab beetle on the eastern horizon. \n\nTemples were considered dwelling places for the gods. They were everywhere. Each city had a temple built for the god of that city. The purpose of the temple was to be a cosmic center by which men had communication with the gods. As the priests became more powerful, tombs became a part of great temples. Shown below is a typical temple flood plan with the purposes of each section given. \n\nThe priests duty was to care for the gods and attend to their needs. The priests had many duties such as funeral rites, teaching school, supervising the artists and works, and advising people on problems. \n\nThe Egyptians saw death as a transitional stage in the progress to a better life in the next world. They believed they could only reach their full potential after death. Each person was thought to have three souls, the "ka," the "ba," and the "akh." For these to function properly, it was considered essential for the body to survive intact. The entire civilization of Ancient Egypt was based on religion, and their beliefs were important to them. Their belief in the rebirth after death became their driving force behind their funeral practices\n\nWhen a person died, the priests recited prayers and a final attempt was made to revive the deceased. The body was then washed and purified in a special shelter called an ibu. The body was then taken the wabet, which was the embalmer's workshop. A cut was made in the left side, and all the organs were removed and stored in containers known as canopic jars. The body was then packed with a salt called natron for a period of forty days. After the forty days had passed, the insides were filled with linen or sawdust, resin and natron. The body was wrapped in bandages with jewelry and amulets between the layers. A portrait mask was placed over the head of the deceased by the Chief Embalmer, who wore a jackal mask to represent Anubis. The wrapped body, or mummy, was put into a coffin. \n\nAfter a period of about 70 days, in which the mummification process took place, the mummy was placed in a decorated coffin. Furniture, carved statues, games, food, and other items useful to the next life were prepared to be buried with the mummy. The last ritual performed by the priest on the mummy was called the "Opening of the Mouth." This ceremony was to magically give the deceased the ability to speak and eat again, and to have full use of his body. After placing the mummy in the sarcophagus, the tomb was sealed.