Domestic Religious Practices

The definitive companion to the Book of the Dead, with stunning object photography and essays on the spells Egyptians used to navigate the afterlife and become divine. The single best resource here on ancient Egyptian funerary belief.

Foy Scalf

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 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