Ancient Egyptian myths and legends

Ancient Egyptian myths and legends take us back several thousand years, to a time when the ancient Egyptians worshipped the sun god, but also to the dawn of magnificent architecture, crafts, medicine, and astronomy – the very springs of human civilisation. This book contains a retelling of the oldest myths and legends to have originated from the Empire on the Nile. The ten selected stories serve as an introduction to Egyptian mythology. In print, it is published along with ancient Mesopotamian myths and legends and Stories of ancient Israel, in a collection titled 'Stories on which the sun shined'. In its electronic form, it is published alongside Ancient Mesopotamian myths and legends and Stories of ancient Israel, under the title 'Ancient myths and legends'.

“Whoever wishes to hear the ancient stories of bygone ages, let them open this book and begin to read. Together, we shall descend three to five millennia into the past and step into lands warmed since time immemorial by fierce rays of sunshine. These are lands where water was a great gift, and the sun often took the form of a mighty god.” (Excerpt from the book)