Fecundity Figures: Egyptian Personification and the Iconology of a Genre by John Baines

Fecundity Figures: Egyptian Personification and the Iconology of a Genre

Griffith Institute Publications

John Baines

454 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
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Formerly known as 'Nile gods', fecundity figures - personifications of aspects of non-sexual fertility - have a significant role in the sophisticated iconography of ancient Egypt. In his pioneering study, first published in 1985, John Baines intro...

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