The Religion of Ancient Egypt
William Matthew Flinders Petrie
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William Matthew Flinders Petrie – the father of Egyptian Archaeology – developed and applied statistical analysis to pottery from prehistoric sites and by this established seriation as a relative dating method as a major contribution to Egyptian Archaeology. In this scientific paper he describes special varieties of the conception of the supernatural in ancient Egypt. The source text also includes a list of "principal works on Egyptian religion" and a list of works "on religions ancient and modern". (Summary by Kajo and Piotrek81) (1 hr 57 min)
Chapters
Chapter I: The Nature of Gods | 8:46 | Read by Kajo |
Chapter II: The nature of man | 7:57 | Read by Kajo |
Chapter III: The future life | 9:49 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter IV: Animal worship | 10:10 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter V: The groups of gods. Animal-headed gods | 11:12 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter VI: The human gods | 16:07 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter VII: The cosmic gods | 9:30 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter VIII: The abstract gods | 5:22 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter IX: The foreign gods | 5:21 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter X: The cosmogony | 3:58 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter XI: The ritual and priesthood | 6:58 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter XII: The sacred books | 6:08 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter XIII: Private worship | 5:45 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter XIV: Egyptian ethics | 5:00 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter XV: The influence of Egypt | 4:59 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Reviews
VERY INFORMATIVE
AVID READER
A very concise overview of ancient Egypt Ian religion by one of the first experts in the field. Of special interest is the idea of the evolution of the various gods. Also, no one ever made it plain to me that the "Book of the Dead" was only an expression, not an actual book.
a little bit out dated but good
A LibriVox Listener
it's an old book some of it is out dated so be careful getting info from it