Egyptian Shabtis (Shire Egyptology)

By Harry M. Stewart

The ancient Egyptians believed that the statutory agricultural labour imposed on them in order to utilise the Nile floods would continue in the afterlife. To avoid this irksome duty, they devised the shabti, a figure which they hoped would deputise for them on being activated by the appropriate magic spell.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747803013
• ISBN13: 9780747803010
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Shire
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.2" x 5.9"