by Byron E . Shafer (Editor)
Surveys ancient Egyptian temples and rituals associated with their use. Shafer - a renowned Egyptologist - covers the entire pharaonic era, from Old Kingdom to Roman period, and challenges the idea that temples were either "mortuary" or "divine", showing instead that their functions were varied.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Publisher: I.B.Tauris
Published: 31 Dec 1998
ISBN 10: 1860643299
ISBN 13: 9781860643293