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Excerpt from History of the Egyptian Religion This volume is the English translation of the first portion of my "Comparative History of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian (Hamitic and Semitic) Religions." It has been considered advisable not to publish more than this first portion at present; but should it be received favourably, the publication of the other portion, which treats of the Babylonian-Assyrian religion, and of the religions of Phoenicia and Israel, will, it is intended, follow. While the present volume may be looked upon as forming by itself a separate whole, I, nevertheless, wish it to be kept in mind that it has been written as part of a larger work, and from the point of view of comparative religious history. It does not claim to be an exhaustive history of the Egyptian religion. Owing to the progress made in Egyptian studies since 1872, when the original work was published, revision has been necessary, and numerous alterations and additions have been made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.