Books by Dieter Arnold

"The present volume appears together with "The Pyramid Complex of Amenemhat I at Lisht: The Reliefs, by Peter Jaanosi."

A comprehensive survey of ancient Egyptian temples and rituals associated with their use. Shafer - a renowned Egyptologist - covers the entire pharaonic era, from the Old Kingdom to the Roman period, and challenges the idea that temples were either 'mortuary' or 'divine', showing instead that their functions were varied.