The systematic collection of ancient Egyptian myths and legends in literary and artistic retelling continues the tradition of domestic popular publications. The text is illustrated, provided with an extensive preface, popular science comments, a dictionary-reference book and appendices, which contain various ancient Egyptian texts in translations by M. Mathieu, M. Korostovtsev, O. Pavlova, A. Akhmatova. In the course of the presentation, an overview of hypotheses and theories accepted in modern Egyptology is given; the author also offers his own interpretations of myths. The book is intended for a wide range of readers.