The Religious Nile: Water, Ritual and Society Since Ancient Egypt

The Nile is arguably the most famous river in the world. For millennia, the search for its source defeated emperors and explorers. Yet the search for its source also contained a religious quest — a search for the origin of its divine and life—giving waters. Terje Oestigaard reveals how the beliefs associated with the river have played a key role in the cultural development and make—up of the societies and civilizations associated with it. Drawing upon his personal experience and fieldwork i...