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How Did Mummification Reflect Egyptian Beliefs About the Afterlife?
How did mummification reflect Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife, which encompassed belief in the resurrection of the body and everlasting life? ...
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Egyptian Burial Practice: The Life After Death
While life was precious for the ancient Egyptians, death required elaborate rituals to complete a ceremonial Egyptian burial practice. Death for th...
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Egypt Religion: Faith in the Land of Mystics, Patriarchs, and Imams
Egypt religion has largely impacted Egypt’s history and social life for the past three thousand years. From Pharaonic to modern times, religious wo...
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Egyptian Gods: Background, Roles, Depictions and Their Worship
The Egyptian gods were central to the lives of Ancient Egyptians, so they interpreted every event through the lenses of these Egyptian deities. The...
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Judaism: Beliefs and History
Unlike Islam and Christianity, Judaism revolves around the belief that the Jewish people were specifically chosen to form a covenant with God. This...
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Ancient Persian Gods: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Deities
The ancient Persian gods are world-famous for their powers, huge following and stories. These gods, who are now considered a myth, were once the gu...
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus: The Splendor of the Alexandrian Kingdom
Ptolemy II Philadelphus or Ptolemy the Great, who served as the pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt (283 – 246 BC) was one of the impressive leaders of the ...
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Egyptian Light Bulb: What You Need To Know To Separate Fact From Fiction
A wall inscription in the Temple of Hathor at Dendera seemingly depicts an ancient Egyptian light bulb which some interpret as evidence that the Eg...
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Ramses II: The Exceptional Pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty
Ramses II (1303–1213 BC), also spelled “Ramesses” or “Rameses” and pronounced variously, was the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt. His re...
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Darius the Great: The Genius Leading the Persian Empire Into Golden Age
Darius the Great , King of Persia (522–486 BC), was hailed as a genius administrator in one of the greatest kingdoms of ancient times—the Persian E...
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Apries: The Great Ill-fated and Vanquished Pharaoh Who Lost It All
Apries was the Pharaoh of Egypt who thought he would rule magnificently just like his predecessor. Soon after some initial successes, he got into d...
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Temple of Dendera: The Great House of Goddess Hathor
The Temple of Dendera is one of the most prominent and well-preserved temples in the Dendera Temple complex in Egypt. It was built by Ptolemy XII A...