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(More customer reviews)This book is for the total Egypt enthusiast/ scholar, and gives a detailed translation of the various texts that have come to use age by age regarding the ancient festivals. It is extremely thorough in that regard but my only criticism is that it does not give adequate background on the Egyptian calender to which the dates relate. The so called civic calender was a floating calender within the overall sothic calender, and therefor from year to year the dates of some festivals change as do the solstices etc. There is an interesting book on the calender The Egyptian Calendar a Work for Eternity which gives the needed background. Otherwise very informative but not for light reading.
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