{"title":"Aevum Menu: Egypt \u003e Religion, Death \u0026 Daily Life \u003e Gods, Religion \u0026 Mythology","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-priests-of-ancient-egypt","title":"The Priests of Ancient Egypt","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe gods were everywhere in Ancient Egypt. Represented by statues, bas-reliefs, and funerary paintings, they even walked among the Egyptians in the person of Pharaoh, considered to be a living god, son of the divine Ra. What better way to understand that distant culture than by becoming familiar with the people who served those gods?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing as his sources the Egyptian texts and the testimony of classical authors, Serge Sauneron illuminates the role of the priesthood in Ancient Egypt. 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