Thanks, as ever, to Tom Hardwick for weighing the heart of my Egyptology, and to Ben Hayes and Jen Moore at Thames & Hudson, the former for convincing me to write this, the latter for performing such effective magic over it.

Cover illustration: Sophy Hollington

First published in the United Kingdom in 2020 as Ancient Egyptian Magic

ISBN 978-0-500-05212-9

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Ancient Egyptian Magic © 2020 Thames & Hudson Ltd, London

Text © 2020 Christina Riggs

For illustration credits, please see page 203

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