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The Gods of Egypt

From the Waters of Nun to the Scales of Ma'at

The Egyptian pantheon from first to last — Atum creating himself out of the dark waters, Ra's nightly war with the serpent, the murder and resurrection of Osiris, Horus against Set, and the weighing of the heart.

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Ancient Egypt

The Long River: From Narmer to Cleopatra

Three thousand years of pharaohs — Narmer joining the Two Lands, the pyramid builders, Akhenaten's one-god revolution, Ramesses at Kadesh, Persia, Alexander, and Cleopatra's last gamble against Rome.

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Oldest Story in the World: Gilgamesh, Death, and the Flood

The oldest epic on earth — the king of Uruk and his wild brother, the Cedar Forest, the Bull of Heaven, and the quest that ends with a serpent stealing immortality — recovered from broken tablets in 1872.

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The Spellbook for Eternity: One Soul’s Journey Through the Egyptian Afterlife
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The Spellbook for Eternity: One Soul’s Journey Through the Egyptian Afterlife

Coming Forth by Day

The whole journey in one sitting — the scribe Ani dies in Thebes and travels the road his own papyrus was written for: the embalming table, the gates of the Duat, the forty-two judges, the scales of Ma'at, the throne of Osiris, and the green fields beyond.
Unrolling the papyrus...