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Cats arrived on time for a birthday gift. They are exactly what I expected. BK

i love this product, i'm going to buy another one just because it's so beautiful. it's not cheap looking.

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I went to see the King Tut exhibit at De young last month and was tempted to purchase the exhibit catalog plus DVD (which was $49.99). Good thing is that I typically check amazon.com before my purchase for price check and wanted to do the same. I bought this for a little over $12 including shipping. I am not sure if this is the exact copy they sell at the De Young Museum store and this copy I received did not come with the DVD. However, I am still very happy for the purchase (great value).

I bought this book for my son and myself before we went to the exhibit in San Francisco. My son is developmentaly disabled, so I knew we'd have to make it through the exhibit quickly. It was a godsend to not have to stop at every artifact from the exhibit to read the description, we were able to view the pieces we were longing to see without having to spend too much time in a crowd, which makes him anxious. It was awesome to walk into a gallery and have him shout "look, Mom! It's the ceremony crook and flail!" when my son is only eight years old. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn about the boy king, but especially if you're going to see the exhibit. It's a wonderful guide.

I was suspicious because of the price but when it got here I discovered that this is the exact same book as the one they are selling in the museums that are displaying king Tut's treasures. For about half the price of the museum copy! I'm glad I waited and got it on amazon.

This book is outstanding. It was a MUST have for me. I saw the exhibit in San Francisco in July, 2009 and it was amazing. Didn't buy book at that time. Found it on Amazon and got a great deal. Fast shipping. I would highly recommend.

This stunning comapnion book is a must for all King Tut fans. We JUST returned from the exhibit in Dallas, Texas (Dallas Museum of Art). Missed it in LA in 1978, but was NOT going to let this exhibit get away. Fabulous book.....

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"The Temples of Light" takes the reader on an extraordinary journey through self discovery and awakening. Danielle Rama Hoffman introduces the reader to the powerful initiations through beautifully selected words that seemingly dance off the page and dive deep into the reader's soul. The resulting journey is profound and wonderful, leaving the reader with a palatable, life changing experience. As a beginner just learning about living multidimensionally, I was hesitant that this book would be above my current level of understanding. My concerns quickly dissipated within the first few pages as I found myself captivated by the elegantly written material and delighted with the powerful concepts that were simple to comprehend and easy to integrate into my daily life.

Hoffman opens up secret rites of passages in a clear, accessible and practical manner that anyone can apply to enhance their life right away. In addition to the book, she also offers on her website a 6 - CD Set with Initiations and Essences to create the ultimate multi-sensory experience. "The Temples of Light" book is overflowing with meditations and tips to increase your health, wealth and happiness. According to Hoffman, "Your voyage starts where you are in this moment and takes you through thirteen Temples of Light," she guides the reader through the deeply experiential and transformative journey. I love that this book provides the reader with many tools of how to prosper and flourish as we undergo a cultural paradigm shift from the Piscean Age to the Aquarian Age also referred to as the New Earth or Beyond 2012. Hoffman shares how to undergo this shift with ease and grace by living from the open heart. The Kom Ombo chapter offers insights of how to transcend life's ups and downs by embracing neutrality. The Dendera chapter is my favorite. It is about bliss being our natural state instinctually and provides exercises to disintegrate fear and align with bliss as our true nature. I find The Temples of Light Initiations CD Set and the Temple Essences to be essential tools to more deeply and quickly access the teachings. What a great gift for the world! Bless Danielle Hoffman for bringing forth the wisdom from the temples of Egypt and offering multiple ways to experience the work. I hope she writes more books in the future. I enjoyed the Temples of Light Collection immensely. I know for sure after reading and implementing these practices that my life is better and look forward to living this wisdom for years to come.

Much has been written about the sacred temples along the Nile, but Danielle approaches them from an entirely new direction. She shares with the reader how these temples can open one up to their own gifts and higher consciousness. It's a fascinating journey!

Although I usually dont have much faith in things of this nature I would still like to say I have an open mind and am not totally against it either. This was very interesting reading and I feel I learned alot of knowledge on ancient Egypt and the exercises were totally great! I must add that although I am somewhat of a sceptic, some of the exercises I did from the book put me in a peacful position and I plan on doing them again! A well written and easy to follow book!

Author Danielle Rama Hoffman describes herself as having worked as a healer and an instructor of metaphysics since 1994. She studied with Nicki Scully for 12 years in his Shamanic Journeys. She is a member of the lineage of Thoth and a specialist in Egyptian Temple Mysteries while also leading tours to Egypt's sacred sites. She resides in Seattle, Washington. The Temples of Light serves as a guide to the wisdom sought by the Egyptian people of old. It reveals many of the secret rites of passage of the sacred temples in Egypt. Author Danielle Rama Hoffman offers guided meditations and rituals that connect to the ancient power of the Flower of Life, the Djed Pillar, the Ka, the energy body. The Temples of Light guides the reader into a spiritual journey through thirteen of Egypt's sacred temples. Hoffman seeks to demonstrate how each sacred site can reveal ancient wisdom and how modern-day pilgrims can apply this knowledge in everyday life. Hoffman shows how she views love, goals, finances, and health issues can all be positively affected by enlightenment. Danielle Rama Hoffman's book ,The Temples of Light, brings out into the open many of the sacred rites that have, historically, been kept secret. Though I myself do not possess a shred of faith in these pagan mythological rituals, it was very interesting to read the historical information that not only reveals the religious ideas of the ancient Egyptian, but also reveals a lot about the ways this great people thought, worshiped, lived and died, and, having traveled a fair piece, myself, I found Danielle Rama Hoffman tours of these sites very tantalizing and interesting indeed, from an historical perspective. Therefore, even if you do not believe in the rituals described in this well-written book, you can still gain tremendous insight into the lives of those who made up one of the greatest cultures in the history of mankind. If you like history, if you are interested in the way people lived thousands of years ago, if you want to know more about a civilization that was the envy and admiration of the nations of that day, then The Temples of Light by Danielle Rama Hoffman will be an interesting and great read for you. Steven Clark Bradley Patriot ActsProbable CauseNimrod RisingStillBorn!

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Wilkinson's treatment of the pantheon of Egyptian dieties is truly encyclopedic. Beginning with dieties of the pre-dynastic era, he not only provides information about the specific gods and goddesses, but the book is rich with prints of reliefs and statues of them. I am not an Eyptologist, but I do teach a survey on ancient civilzations. This book has been of tremendous value in "filling in" minutae and details of Egyptian religion and, by extension, Egyptian society. Recommended.

I agree with the other reviewers - beautifully illustrated, mostly in full color. It is comprehensive yet particularly the first half of the book is easy to read in it's entirety. The first part of the book covers general concepts of Egyptian Religion and the deities. The second covers individual deities in detail. I had been looking for a book on Ancient Egyptian religion and deities which was neither outdated in its ideas, nor sterile or boring, nor full of fluff, nor overwhelmed with dense detail, nor assumed detailed prior knowledge of anthropology, archeology or African/Near Eastern history and religion. This book is it. It is beautifully clear and explains how Egyptian views of each deity changed over time. It clearly presents for each deity what syncretism occurred (merging with other gods or the adoption of other gods' attributes) with time. It contains some of the most recent thinking on how the Egyptians might have viewed their own deities. My only minor negative would be that there are no references or footnotes in the text itself for the expert. However, within the body of the text, the author does mention which academics advanced which important concepts and coupled with the extensive and detailed bibliography arranged by subject matter at the end of the book, this minor gripe is assuaged. The binding and quality of the book, its print, and illustrations are beautiful - it would make a lovely gift for someone. Easy to read for both the beginner and the non-beginner in this area, but full of crystal clear detail for one who wants a good reference book even for more advanced students of religion.

This is a terrific analysis and discussion of the varied and complex religious development and influence of the ancient Egyptians. I have been fascinated with the connections among the religious traditions of mankind and have found many seminal concepts and ideas in this book. This is written in plain language and can be easily used for personal as well as reference in the field of religion and religious iconography. Beautifully photographed and helpful in understanding the incredible complexity of ancient Egyptian religious development.

Richard Wilkinson's latest book (he has previously written "Reading Egyptian Art," "Symbol and Magic in Egyptian Art," and "The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt") presents the reader with an impressive selection of all the major gods and goddesses, and many of the minor ones, of ancient Egypt. Although hardly "complete" in the technical sense (Wilkinson discusses "only" 500 of Egypt's 1500 or so deities, and much more could be said about the ones he does discuss), the book is fairly "complete" in a practical sense: most gods that most readers want to look up, will get at least a brief mention. For example, you will find here the 24 Hours of the Day and Night, 12 (of 21) Gates of the Underworld, all 42 Gods of Judgement, and all 42 (hmm... there's that number again!) Nome Deities.The book begins with twelve brief essays (4-6 pages each) on Egyptian religion, covering such topics as creation myths, manifestations of divinity, temple and popular worship, and divine kingship. The essays are thoughtful, informative, and up-to-date with current scholarship. I wish they had been longer, because they deserve to be expanded at greater length than the book allocates to them.The rest of the book, some 180 pages, is devoted to a "Catalogue of Deities," organized by biological shape (anthropomorphic male and female, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and inanimate objects). This is a great idea, but it could have been taken even further. A visual index of shapes would make lookup much easier, and would only take an additional page or two. A name index is, of course, provided. Why not give a hieroglyphic index as well? Going to the individual entries, Wilkinson generally provides information about the mythology, iconography, and worship of each deity. The deities are generously illustrated, with line drawings and photographs. Again, I would wish that many of these entries could be expanded, both in terms of discussion and in terms of visual iconography. This is not a criticism of Wilkinson; it just reflects the practical limitations of the book.To summarize, Wilkinson's "Gods and Goddesses" is a very well-written, thoughtful, accurate, beautifully produced and illustrated reference on the religion of ancient Egypt. In terms of coverage it is somewhere between a handbook and an encyclopedia. I am very glad to have it in its present form, and I only wish that it had been much longer, since it is clear that Wilkinson has more to say about this subject than could fit into the covers of the present book. I would gladly pay double the price to have a truly complete encyclopedia of Egypt's gods from this author.

First off, "The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt" is not a book you want to read cover to cover. I love Egyptian mythology, but I really just use it for refrence when I need it. Some of the other sections on the origins of the dieties and such are great information as well. For $30, it is an excellent book, although if you really want some truly in-depth (and hard to digest) material, more academic books might appeal, although they tend to run significantly more.For its price, I think this book is an excellent introduction to the roles and mythology of the Egyptian dieties. Despite how my review sounds, I enjoy it.