Budge: if you weren't so stupid you'd be funny - Rated 
Its funny because if the Egyptians learnt everything they knew from the Greeks then where did the Greeks build their great pyramids because i haven't seen them anywhere. And why have all (ALL) the so called secret society's based their rituals and symbols on ancient egyptian symbols and ceremony. All the Greek Gods are just their versions of the Egyptian Gods which we know were worshiped hundreds of years earlier. Christianity based on Judaism? And where did the Jew's get it from, they were'nt slaves in Egypt they were there to learn like everyone else. Virgin Mary and child is Europes answer to Isis and child Horus, the 10 commandments taken from Maat's 42 Laws, need i go on?
The Kabalah's not Jewish, visit Egypt and see Kabalic images on the walls of the temples. Savages? lol the Egyptians were building the pyramids when people in the west were eating raw meat, shagging sheep and living in caves. If i could give this book minus infinity i would. DONT BUY IT, this books a joke.
Erroneous review - Rated 
The review of rcman5000 suffers from severe historic inaccuracy, confusing the time periods when ancient Egyptian panthea developed with the Greek and Roman cultures and the Library of Alexandria, i.e. periods that span thousands of years as if they occured simultaneously. Also, the common belief that the Greeks borrowed their knowledge from the Egyptians has been found erroneous, because there is evidence that so-called Greek culture existed and developed in the area long before the Egyptians did, and in fact it was the Egyptians that borrowed and not the other way round. Also, the view that Christianity was based on Egyptian religion. Careful there!!! If Christianity must be based on something before, then this something might be related to Judaism, Greek philosophy (Plato and Socrates) and perhaps the monotheism of Akhenaten, the Essenes and maybe many other things... Too many factors that do not allow drawing easy and simplified conclusions...
Superb - Rated
This is a comprehensive study, with copious references to original sources, hieroglyphics and all. One could buy ten different books on the Egyptian Gods and not get all of the information that is contained in these two volumes. He does, at least ostensibly, conform to the common view of the time, that "Culture started with Greece", but there is much that was revolutionary for his time; in fact he was a major contributor to today's opinions of Egypt as a fount of wisdom, in that he propounded the concept that monism was implicit in the earliest phases of their religion, and in general, he went further than anyone else to bring Egyptology to light and life, as exemplified in his translation of the Book of the Dead. The only problem with the Dover edition is that the colour illustrations of the original edition are in black and white.
Interesting and informative... Yet also Erroneous - Rated 
Wallis Budges' Book, "The Gods of The Egyptians" was Interesting at BEST and full of insulting and incorrect terminology and opinions about the Ancient Egyptians at WORST!! The book delved into the belief structure of the religion of the Egyptians but he referred to the Egyptians as "savages" many times then made statements that "...their ideas about the world beyond the grave and God and gods were of a savage, childish and inconsistent character". He also made the statement that "..it is difficult to see how the eminent Egyptologist could attempt to compare the conceptions of God formed by a half-civilized African people with those of such cultured nations as the Greeks and Romans". ANY educated man that has studied Egypt knows that the Egyptians TAUGHT the Greeks everything they THOUGHT they knew who came into Egypt ignorant and obsessed with homosexuality I.E.- Socrates, Pythagora credited w/(Pythagorems Theorom) which he learned in Egypt and the Romans were the same way. The Romans INVADED Egypt.. raping the country of her knowledge and culture.. which is how the Romans got THEIR knowledge I.E.- The Library of Alexandria. It is well known that Egypt was considered the "Learning Center Of The World" and had even developed the FIRST writing systems and were mathematical, medicinal and philosophical geniuses. YET... Wallis Budge would have his readers believe that they were SAVAGES and their religion wasn't really even worth bothering with.. yet he neglects to mention that it is the SAME religion upon which Christianity was based. So I would say to read Mr. Budges books (but especially this one), with a reserved and cautious mind. I have quite a few of his books, and they all maintain that same opinionated and incorrect view of the Egyptians and their culture. Therefore if you take his writings literally and as pure fact.. you might miss the GREATNESS that existed in an ancient people and their culture.
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