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July 28, 2019
Did the Ancient Egyptians Have a Religion?
Did the ancient Egyptians have a religion, or did they worship cults? Whether the ancient Egyptians had what we would call religion is a topic Egyptologists struggle with and disagree about. What is Religion? The word religion has a Latin origin. The ancient Egyptians had no word for religion and so the argument goes, therefore, […]
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Questions in Egyptology No. 4: Did the Ancient Egyptians Have a Religion?
Did the ancient Egyptians have a religion, or did they worship cults? Whether the ancient Egyptians had what we would call religion is a topic Egyptologists struggle with and disagree about. What is Religion? The word religion has a Latin origin. The ancient Egyptians had no word for religion and so the argument goes, therefore, […]
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Questions in Egyptology? Did the ancient Egyptians Have a Religion?
Did the ancient Egyptians have a religion, or was it just a collection of unrelated local cults? Whether the ancient Egyptians had what we would call religion is topic that Egyptologists struggle with and disagree about. The word religion is has a Latin origin, the ancient Egyptians had no word for religion and so the […]
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July 21, 2019
Ancient Egyptian Influence on the Greeks?
Ancient Egyptian Influence on the Greeks? I know that the generally accepted academic view is that the ancient Egyptians had no influence on the development of Greek mathematics, philosophy and cosmology. But I believe there is evidence, that has been overlooked by academics. In this blog I will show that when it came to using numbers […]
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Questions in Egyptology No 3. Did the Egyptians Influence the Greeks?
I know that the generally accepted academic view is that the ancient Egyptians had no influence on the development of Greek mathematics, philosophy and cosmology. But I believe there is evidence, that has been overlooked by the mainstream. This evidence shows the Greek mathematicians and philosophers such as Meltis, Pythagoras (or the Pythagorean cult I […]
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How did the Egyptians Influence the Greeks?
I know that the generally accepted academic view is that the ancient Egyptians had no influence on the development of Greek mathematics, philosophy and cosmology but I believe there is evidence, that has been overlooked by the mainstream, that shows the Greek mathematicians and philosophers such as Meltis, Pythagoras (or the Pythagorean cult I know […]
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July 5, 2019
Questions in Egyptology No. 2: How Long Did it Take to Mummify a Pharaoh?
How Long Did it Take to Mummify a Pharaoh? The preservation of the body was an essential part of ancient Egyptian funerary belief and practice. The burial customs began with wrapping the body either in a mat or animal skin to prevent direct contact with the sand and to hold the parts of the […]
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How Long Did it Take to Mummify a Pharaoh?
How Long Did it Take to Mummify a Pharaoh? The preservation of the body was an essential part of ancient Egyptian funerary belief and practice. The burial customs began with wrapping the body either in a mat or animal skin to prevent direct contact with the sand and to hold the parts of the body […]
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How Long Did it Take to Mummify a Pharaoh
How Long Did it Take to Mummify a Pharaoh The preservation of the body was an essential part of ancient Egyptian funerary belief and practice. The burial customs began with wrapping the body either in a mat or animal skin to prevent direct contact with the sand and to hold the parts of the body […]
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May 28, 2019
Creating Strong Female Characters in Historical Fiction
How To Write Strong Female Characters in Historical Fiction Whether you’re a man or a woman the process of writing a book that is a good read about someone of the opposite sex can be tricky. Historical characters have to be every bit as complex as people today, they have to think and feel, […]
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