{"product_id":"the-priests-of-ancient-egypt","title":"The Priests of Ancient Egypt","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe gods were everywhere in Ancient Egypt. Represented by statues  bas-reliefs  and funerary paintings  they even walked among the Egyptians in the person of Pharaoh  considered to be a living god  son of the divine Ra. What better way to understand that distant culture than by becoming familiar with the people who served those gods? Using as his sources the Egyptian texts and the testimony of classical authors  Serge Sauneron illuminates the role of the priesthood in Ancient Egypt. He re-creates the system of thought of one of the great civilizations of antiquity  addressing such topics as priestly functions  the world of the temples  holy festivals  tombs  and pyramids. Sauneron describes the ceremonies of daily worship  considered vital in preventing the worlds descent into chaos. He takes us deep into the sacred precincts of the temples home to the divine statues in which a part of the god was believed to dwell. One of the duties of the priests was to maintain these sacred effigies  to nourish  clothe  and protect them from attacks by evil spirits. This edition of The Priests of Ancient Egypt  an augmented version of the 1957 classic  was published in France in 1988  and has been translated authoritatively by David Lorton.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946252103733,"sku":"ByrdShop_0801486548","price":70.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780801486548.jpg?v=1769933505","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-priests-of-ancient-egypt","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}