Introduction • 1. Magic Words • 2. Princes, Priests and Sorcerers • 3. Dealing with the Dead • 4. A Magical Menagerie • 5. When the Snake Bites… • 6. Love, Sex, Babies • 7. Predicting the Future • 8. Magical Thinking
An entertaining introduction to the ways ancient Egyptians practised magic in their daily lives.
Christina Riggs is chair in the history of visual culture, Durham University, and a fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford. She is the author of six books, including Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction. She writes for a range of newspapers and magazines and has appeared in radio and TV shows for the BBC, National Geographic, and the History Channel.
'Lively and engaging … gives an insightful glimpse of what preyed
on ancient Egyptian minds' - Minerva
'Enchanting stuff' - BBC History Revealed
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