Isis: The Eternal Goddess of Egypt and Rome

Isis: The Eternal Goddess of Egypt and Rome is a thought-provoking study of one of the most enduring and enigmatic ancient goddesses. The Egyptians knew her as Aset and wrote her name with the hieroglyph of a stylised throne, emphasising her association with royalty and kingship. Isis was the wife and sister of Osiris, mother of Horus and sister of the mysterious goddess Nephthys; she was also a great magician and healer, associated with events of cosmic significance.

Throughout the millennia of her worship she held many roles, evidenced by the many temples, symbols and writings left behind by her devotees. Her worship spread beyond Egypt before the Greek conquest, and from the Isis of the Old Kingdom of Egypt through to the All-Goddess of the Greco-Roman period and beyond, her cult grew in importance and diversified.

In this extensive work, author Lesley Jackson draws on the primary written sources on Isis - the texts of the Ancient Egyptians and those of the Classical writers - to present the most comprehensive study of her worship to date. Her origins, names, attributes, iconography, relationships, symbols (including the ankh, tyet, sistrum and situla) and the development of her cult are all carefully considered.

Paperback, 318 pages. ISBN 978-1-910191-02-6.