Amulets and superstitions

"The book of the famous Egyptologist Ernest Wallis Baja “Amulets and superstitions” contains extensive material about the existence of amulets in the cultures of Western Asia, Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia, starting from the 3rd millennium BC. Until the middle of the XIX century.
The author sets out legends and beliefs associated with amulets, pays great attention to the symbols and inscriptions drawn on them. Analyzes the views of the ancient Egyptian and Babylonian magicians, Kabbalists, astrologers and soothsayers. The book contains a large number of illustrations.
For culturologists, anthropologists, religious scholars, historians, as well as students of other humanitarian specialties. "