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B&W era photo section; artifact photos. New. No Jacket Issued. Book CONDITION: NEW 1999 Orion/Phoenix large trade paperback, first paperback edition, first printing. Substantial B&W era photo section, artifacts, etc. B&W drawings/charts throughout. CONTENT: James covers the development of religion in the Middle East, Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Aegean, Greece and Asia Minor, from prehistoric times to the beginning of the Christian era. Tracing the rise of the cults of the great mother goddess, he discusses the differing forms of kingship, gives an account of the seasonal festivals and the methods of divination, astrology and prophecy. There is a chapter on the cult of the dead, comparing the ideas of the afterlife and mortuary cults.