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Encyclopedia of Ancient Cosmologies: Volume 2 of 9: Mesopotamia, Anatolia, the Levant, Arabia, and Egypt
Paperback
Series: Encyclopedia of Ancient Cosmologies, Book 2
Mythology & FolkloreAncient Egypt
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 24 2026
Pages: 610
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Encyclopedia of Ancient Cosmologies, Volume 2: Mesopotamia, Anatolia, the Levant, Arabia, and Egypt
Step into the sacred worlds of the ancient Near East and North Africa, where the first cities rose beside great rivers, kings claimed authority from the heavens, temples mirrored the structure of the cosmos, and human beings sought meaning in creation, death, divine power, and the movements of the stars.
In the second volume of Encyclopedia of Ancient Cosmologies, Tony Yustein presents a sweeping and deeply researched exploration of the civilizations that shaped some of humanity's most influential ideas about the universe. Moving across Mesopotamia, Anatolia, the Levant, Arabia, and Egypt, he examines how ancient peoples understood the origins of gods and humans, the organization of heaven and earth, the purpose of kingship, the nature of the underworld, the power of ritual, and the possibility of renewal after catastrophe.
Readers encounter the diverse cosmological traditions of Sumerian cities, Babylonian scholars, Assyrian kings, Hittite and Hurrian courts, Ugaritic temples, Phoenician and Punic communities, ancient Israelite writers, Second Temple Jewish visionaries, Arabian kingdoms, and Egyptian priesthoods. Rather than combining these cultures into a single simplified narrative, Yustein allows each tradition to retain its own language, historical setting, internal tensions, and distinctive vision of reality.
The volume draws upon ancient tablets, monumental inscriptions, temple architecture, royal records, funerary texts, ritual compositions, astronomical observations, sacred landscapes, archaeological discoveries, and later manuscript traditions. Creation is revealed not as one universal idea, but as many different processes: the separation of heaven and earth, the ordering of primordial waters, divine birth, cosmic conflict, craftsmanship, speech, sacrifice, and the establishment of law and kingship.
Tony Yustein writes with remarkable intellectual range and a strong commitment to evidence. He brings difficult and fragmentary materials into a clear, engaging narrative without reducing them to slogans or sensational claims. His treatment of famous works and traditions is both accessible and careful, showing how mythology, politics, astronomy, ritual, and social order were often inseparable in the ancient world.
Particular attention is given to the great themes that continue to fascinate modern readers: the flood, the search for immortality, divine succession, celestial omens, sacred cities, the journey of the Sun through the underworld, the judgment of the dead, the rise and fall of empires, and the renewal of cosmic order. The book also explains how later interpreters have sometimes misunderstood, exaggerated, or transformed ancient evidence.
This volume is highly recommended for readers interested in mythology, ancient history, archaeology, comparative religion, biblical backgrounds, Egyptian civilization, Mesopotamian literature, cultural astronomy, and the origins of sacred kingship. It will reward both the curious general reader and the serious student seeking a substantial reference work.
With Mesopotamia, Anatolia, the Levant, Arabia, and Egypt, Tony Yustein demonstrates why ancient cosmologies cannot be dismissed as primitive speculation. They were complete intellectual worlds through which communities understood nature, power, mortality, justice, memory, and humanity's place within the universe.
Rich in detail, broad in scope, and guided by disciplined scholarship, this is an essential volume in an ambitious nine-volume series and an absorbing journey into the foundations of ancient thought.
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