The American archaeologist James H. Breasted (1865-1935) is best
remembered for his 1906 four-volume Records of Egypt, which
contains fresh readings and translations of almost all of the
ancient Egyptian historical inscriptions available at the time, and
remains an important resource. In this 1912 work, originally
delivered as lectures, Breasted discusses the significance of the
'Pyramid Texts', preserved on fifth- and sixth-dynasty pyramids at
Saqqara, and recently published in full, to the understanding of
ancient Egyptian religious thought. He argues that mortuary
practice as revealed by archaeology gives indications of the
beliefs of a pre-literate society, but that by the time of the
earliest inscriptions the Egyptian belief system was well
established. He is particularly interested in the development of a
moral sense in the context of the traditional pantheon with its
multiple aspects of human/animal divinities, and in the influence
of the developing Egyptian empire on its religion.
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