Book of the Dead: Becoming God in Ancient Egypt

Robert Ritner's authoritative study of how Egyptian magic actually worked: its rituals, techniques, and place in religion. A deep, scholarly reference on a subject usually treated superficially.

Robert Kriech Ritner

A peer-reviewed entry from the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology on religion as lived at home: household shrines, protective deities, and daily ritual. Shows the personal side of Egyptian belief beyond the great temples.

Stevens, Anna

A concise, authoritative overview of the rites that accompanied death and burial in pharaonic Egypt. Part of the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, written by a specialist in mortuary religion.

Hays, Harold

A university course guide mapping Egyptian religion through tombs, temples, and the mortuary cult across 3,000 years. A useful roadmap to the major texts and themes of the field.

Kathryn Bard