Free & Legal Book Downloads

• The Ancient World Digital Library offers a number of out-of-print books on ancient Egypt, largely not in English.
• The Book of the Celestial Cow: A Theological Interpretation (Edward P. Butler)
• The Brooklyn Museum is also offering books on ancient Egypt.
• Giza Digital Library
• The Hathi Trust Digital Library has thousands of books archived.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Egypt” search results
• The Organization of the Pyramid Texts (Harold Hays)
• The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago’s “Egypt” search results – Look for the double down-pointing arrow icon to download. Available downloads include:
  • Between Heaven and Earth: Birds in Ancient Egypt
  • The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt (Emily Teeter, Janet Johnson)
  • The Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice (Robert Ritner)
  • The Presentation of Maat: Ritual and Legitimacy in Ancient Egypt (Emily Teeter)
• Seth – a misrepresented god in the Ancient Egyptian pantheon? (Master’s thesis from The University of Manchester)
• Travels in Egypt (Charles Wilbour)
• Writing Egypt: History, Literature, and Culture is a compilation of articles from the last 50 years from the American University in Cairo Press.

Archives of Egyptian Art

• Art of Norman and Nina de Garis Davies: Theban Tomb Tracings
• Art of Nina de Garis Davies: Paintings in the Met Museum
• Art of Howard Carter: Bird and Animal Watercolors
• The Oriental Institute’s Integrated Database is now searchable, with thousands of objects and art pieces.

Scholarly Blogs and Online Resources

• British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan
• Goddesses and Gods of the Ancient Egyptians: A Theological Encyclopedia (Henadology)
• Hethert (Hathor)
• Hierakonpolis Online
• JSTOR is now allowing free read-only access to over 1200 scholarly and academic journals.
• Names of Netjer (Tamara Siuda)
• Per-Sabu: House of Jackals
• Reshafim.org: An introduction to the history and culture of Pharaonic Egypt
• Shrine Beautiful