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Secrets of The Sphinx

by elissamichelezacher in Social Sciences, February 7, 2011
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What do we know about the Egyptian Enigma?

Nebkaure, an Ancient Egyptian Monarch

by DanZimmermann in History, January 20, 2011
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Nebkaure was a king in the ninth Egyptian dynasty. He appears in a literary work called “The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant.”

The Ancient Kingdoms of Egypt

by silverspoon in History, April 12, 2009
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Menes established the firs dynasty in Egypt. A dynasty is a line of rulers, usually belonging to one family. The power to govern is inherited by the son from his father, or by any close relative if no immediate family member is qualified. The dynasty is broken only if a new clan of leaders conquers the ruling family, or if there is no one to inherit the throne.

The World’s Most Famous Archaeological Underworld

by Lauren Axelrod in History, March 31, 2009
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Archaeology is a religion for illuminated individuals, however if you cross the Gods you will suffer the consequences. Many men have risked their lives in pursuit of historical relics, many have never returned.

An Overview of the Ancient Egyptian Legal System

by Bazza1972 in History, January 10, 2009
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The Ancient Egyptian legal system remained remarkably unchanged from the beginning of the Old Kingdom right through to the end of the Late Period in 33 BC. The ancient Egyptian legal system was, therefore, a very well organized and coherent infrastructure for justice as well as regulating crime and punishment.

How the Ancient Egyptian Tombs Were Built

by Bazza1972 in Death, December 28, 2008
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The ancient Egyptians due to their complex religious beliefs took death and the ways in which the dead were actually buried very seriously. Therefore the Ancient Egyptians in particular, and the aristocracy, religious orders as well as the Pharaohs in particular took the building of the tombs that were buried in very seriously indeed. The seriousness as well as the importance that the Ancient Egyptians placed upon death and how people were buried made the building of tombs was important to them as a people taken as a whole.

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