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This book explores Ancient Egypt's spiritual life, based around a broad and deep belief in the afterlife and the existence of many gods to appease and worship. The tombs, burial sites and artefacts are an enduring testimony to this fascinating religion. Less documented, but no less fascinating, was the beliefs of the ordinary people of Egypt: magic, rituals,festivals, taboos, superstitions, dreams and oracles reveal how far religion influenced and enriched their lives.Finally the book looks at a voice of dissent in the 3000 period: Pharoah Alchenaten, who defied thousands of years of culture and history to revolutionise Egyptian religion to outlawPolytheism and allow worship of only one god.