Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt

Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt fills a significant niche in Egyptological scholarship as the first English-language series focusing fully on issues of ancient Egyptian religion and belief, and will address a diversity of approaches. It presents new, often cutting-edge, research, but in such a way as to make it accessible to a wider audience by combining a specialist knowledge of ancient Egyptian religion with accessible presentation and format. The chronological scope of the series ranges from the Predynastic Period to the Graeco-Roman Period. Geographically the focus is upon Egypt itself but also includes interaction and exchange of religious ideas between the Egyptians and peoples of adjacent lands.

The series will appeal to professional Egyptologists as well as scholars in related disciplines, and members of the wider reading public who are drawn to the subject and would like to learn more about specific aspects of Egyptian religion from authoritative sources. By focusing on this is exciting area of Egyptology, this series will establish a ‘home’ for books in this area, encourage academic debate across disciplines, and shape the future scholarly discourse on religion in ancient Egypt.