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The worship of the dead; or, The origin and nature of pagan idolatry, and its bearing upon the early history of Egypt and Babylonia / by Colonel J. Garnier.
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection BL470 .G3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garnier, John, 1838-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ancestor worship.
- Assyro-Babylonian religion.
- Egypt--Religion.
- Egypt.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 422 pages : illustrations, 4 plates, folded chronological tables ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Chapman & Hall, limited, 1904.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The pagan gods and goddesses.
- pt. 2. Origin and nature of pagan idolatry.
- pt. 3. Overthrow of the primiteve paganism and its relation to the early history of Babylon and Egypt.
- pt. 4. Resuscitation and development of the primitive idolatry.
- Appendix A. Sir Gardner Wilkinson on the Egyptian religion. B. Oannes and the Annedoti. C. Speculations regarding the antiquity of the human race. D. The Accadians. E. History of Sanchoniathon.
- Notes:
- "List of the principal works consulted": p. xxix-xxxii.
- OCLC:
- 1885889
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