Lectures given at a symposium held in 1987, sponsored by Fordham University.

The ancient Egyptians believed that the Nile - their life source - was a divine gift. Religion and magic permeated their civilization, and this book provides a

This exploration of cultural resilience examines the complex fate of classical Egyptian religion during the centuries from the period when Christianity first ma

Introducing the reader to the gods and their worshippers and to the ways in which they were related, this book focuses on the ever-present link between the huma