Miroslav Verner is an Egyptologist, archaeologist, and epigrapher who has been working in archaeological excavation and research in Egypt since 1964, and has published thirteen academic monographs, mainly in foreign languages, and over a hundred and twenty academic articles. For many years he has contributed to popularizing Egyptology not only through articles and books (including Abusir: Realm of Osiris, AUC Press 2002), but also in television programs and documentary films. He is currently directing the Czech archaeological excavations in Abusir.

Anna Bryson-Gustová, who has a BA and DPhil in history from Oxford University, has lived in the Czech Republic for twenty years. She is a writer, editor, and translator in the field of history and culture.

The Temple of the World
Abode of the Gods
Doing Things
The Domain of the Gods

First Excursus: Ordinary Days and Feast Days
The Calendar
Festivals

Heliopolis: The City of the Sun
The Puzzle of the Lost Temples
Sun Temples
The Primordial Mound and the Ennead (Nine Gods)
The Sun God

The White Wall
Ptah: Idea, Word, World
The Monument of Memphite Theology
The Bull Hapi
The Serapeum
Cults of Animals
Khamwaset

Hermopolis: The City of the Eight
The Hermopolitan Ogdoad
Thoth and His Way
Hermes Trismegistus
Antinoüs-Tragedy and Glory

The Kingdom of Amun
Hundred-gated Thebes
The King of the Gods
'The Most Esteemed of Places'
The Temple Precinct of Amun
The Temple of Khonsu
The Temple of Ipet
The Temple of Ptah
The Temple Precinct of Mut
The Temple Precinct of Montu
Amun's Southern Harim
Abu Simbel
The Desert Oracle of Amun

Second Excursus: The Great Festivals of the King of the Gods
The Festival of the Decade
The Beautiful Feast of the Valley
The Mysteries of the Opet Festival

Amarna: City of the Heretic
Archeologists in Amarna
The Horizon of Aten
Dazzling Aten
The Beauty Has Come

Tanis: The Thebes of the North
The Treasures of Tanis

Abydos: The Sacred Land
The Temple and Tomb of Osiris
Royal Mortuary Memorials
The Mysterious Osireion
The Ruler of the Kingdom of the Dead

Third Excursus: Osirian
Of Osiris and Isis
Khoiak: The Month of the Mysteries of Osiris
The Decree on Abaton

Philae: The Pearl of Egypt
The Temple of the Beautiful Lady of a Thousand Names
The Abaton
The Rescue of Philae

Edfu: The Throne of Horus
The Birth Temple
The Festivals of the Falcon God
The Contendings of Horus and Seth

Dendera and the Golden Goddess
The Heliopolis of Hathor
The Dwelling of the Golden Goddess
Temples of Divine Birth
The Golden One
Hathor's Festivals

Fourth Excursus: The Lady of the Turquoise
The Mountain Temple of Hathor
Proto-Sinaitic Inscriptions

Alexander's City by Egypt
The Metropolis of Learning
The Cultural Legacy of Alexandria

Final Excursus: A Brief Outline of the Overall Architectural History of the Ancient Egyptian Temple
The Early Dynastic Period and the Old Kingdom
The First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom
The Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom
The Third Intermediate Period, the Late Period, and the Ptolemaic-Roman Period