Egypt's Ancient Heritage

by Rodman R Clayson

Much of what we know today began in Egypt! Out of that ancient civilization, which lasted three thousand years, came the first concepts of the origin of the universe, clothed in a symbology that showed a marvelous insight into natural law. Truth, righteousness, justice, and moral codes were first taught in the ancient mystery schools of Egypt as was the belief in a mind cause, or thought, as the creative cosmic force. 

The belief in the soul, of life after death, and of immortality was held by the Egyptians thousands of years before Christ. The judgment of the soul in the next life evolved from an Egyptian concept and was dramatized by their rites and ceremonies.

This book tells of the amazing similarity of Egyptian thought to modern religious, mystical, and philosophical doctrines, and how many of our customs and beliefs of today were influenced by these ancient people.

Table Of Contents:

Forword

Preface

Introduction

Prologue

Historical Sequence

The Pharaohs’ Royal Tombs

Temples

The Mystery of the Great Pyramid

Ra

About Mummies

Horus, the Divine Falcon

The Evolution of Writing

The Legends of Osiris

The Word of Truth

Sacred Animals

Religion

Art and Science

Social Conditions

How Did They Do It?

Egyptian Medicine

The Illustrious Thutmose III

Akhnaton Breaks with the Past

The Splendor of Aton

Rameses II

Rameses III and the Decline

Egypt’s Ancient Heritage

Chronology