Sorry if this a silly question, but do you have any author’s to avoid when reading about Egyptian history, or about the Netjeru?

the-typhonian:

Oh, well. 

E.A. Walls Budge (and any very early Egyptology take with a grain of salt, always try to stay current). 

Normandi Ellis seems a bit iffy, or so I’ve heard.

Bob Brier, but he has a good calendar but it’s up to you if you want to buy a book just for the calendar.

Karnega. 

Deborah Sweeney

Denise Martin

I would try to stay in Egyptology. Sweeny, Karnega, and Martin are not Egyptologists, so their knowledge of the gods, concepts and culture of AE is iffy.

Stay away from new age stuff, it’s pretty much worthless.

 Here are some suggestions

Websites

(online texts, sites to
search for books, god (netjer) information, ect)

Hendalogy

Wepwawet.org

seshkemet

House of Sobek

Sacred-texts.com

The keep

Pyramid texts online

reshafirm

issu

per-sabu (Jackal
Deities)

Book Suggestions
(Beginner)

                       Complete List of Ancient Gods and goddess –
Richard Wilkinson

                       Complete List of Ancient Egyptian Temples
– Richard Wilkinson

                       Magic in Ancient Egypt – Geraldine Pich

                       Red Land Black Land – Barbara Mertz

                       Handbook of Egyptian Mythology – Geraldine
Pich

                       Magic in Ancient Egypt – Geraldine Pich

                       Following the Sun – Sharaon Labode (Kemetic Author)

                       Circle of the Sun – Sharon LaBode
(Kemetic Author)

Religion
in Ancient Egypt: Gods, Myths, and Personal Practice – Byron
Shafer

The Priests of Ancient Egypt -Serge
Sauneron

Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt:
The One and the Many – Erik Hornung

The Search for God in Ancient Egypt -Jan
Assmann

Egyptian Solar Religion in the New
Kingdom -Jan Assmann

Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt –
Jan Assmann

Death and the Afterlife in Ancient
Egypt – John Taylor

These lists were compiled with the help of @helvetica12point @djar-em-rekh and @starsandepithets as part of a “kemetic 101 starting” guide project from awhile ago. 

If you want to be safe, I would, when about to purchase a book, ask the kemetic community if anyone has read it. We have several egyptologists or those training to be egyptologist, so they can help you. 

Tagging more people for their input:

@helvetica12point @starsandepithets @bigbadjackal @scribeofseshat