The worship of the dead
Subtitle: or, The origin and nature of pagan idolatry and its bearing upon the early history of Egypt and Babylonia
By: by Colonel J. Garnier ...
Publisher: Chapman & Hall, limited
Published: 1904
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
Subjects: Ancestor worship; Assyro-Babylonian religion; Egypt -- Religion
Notes: "List of the principal works consulted": p. xxix-xxxii.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. The pagan gods and goddesses.; title: pt. II. Origin and nature of pagan idolatry.; title: pt. III. Overthrow of the primitive paganism and its relation to the early history of Babylon and Egypt.; title: pt. IV. Resuscitation and development of the primitive idolatry.; title: Appendix A. Sir Gardner Wilkinson on the Egyptian religion.  B. Oannes and the Annedoti.  C. Speculations regarding the antiquity of the human race.  D. The Accadians.  E. History of Sanchoniathon.