Ancient Cults

The Lillian Carey Mysteries - Book One When a priceless ancient Egyptian artefact is stolen from a secluded museum and the curator is found dead, mysteriously covered in insect bites, private detective Lillian Carey is summoned to uncover the truth. Specialising in cases that flirt with the supernatural and the occult, Lillian is drawn into a world of dark rituals and shadowy figures. Her investigation leads her to a clandestine cult with nefarious plans for the stolen casket and the deadly curse it harbours. As Lillian delves deeper, she must navigate the treacherous terrain of a night ...

The city of Heliopolis was one of ancient Egypt’s most important religious centers, the focus of the civilization’s solar cult, and a destination for pilgrims for nearly 3,000 years. Heliopolis’ origins were quite humble though, and it does not appear that it was ever planned to be a great city. The city began as a small settlement in the late 4th millennium BC, but within a couple of hundred years it became the center of Egypt’s solar religion, due to several fortuitous circumstances.

In part one, 'First Contact', we discover what happened to art in the great Age of Discovery, when civilisations encountered each other for the first time. Although undoubtedly a period of conquest and destruction, it was also one of mutual curiosity, global trade and the exchange of ideas.

Florence Mary Bennett (1883-1968) was a writer and professor of Greek and Latin. This book (1912) explores the legends and beliefs of the Amazons, and the goddess cults of the ancient world.