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Author Thompson, Stephen E., author.

Title Ancient Egypt : facts and fictions / Stephen E. Thompson.

Publication Info. Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 241 pages).
Series Historical facts and fictions
Historical facts and fictions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Comprising a unique collection of primary sources, this book critically examines several topics relating to ancient Egypt that are of high interest to readers but about which misconceptions abound"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 27, 2019).
Contents Hieroglyphs were a secret code created to conceal the wisdom of ancient Egypt -- The Egyptians worshipped animals and gods with animal heads -- Ancient Egyptians considered the pharaoh to be a god -- The pyramids were built as storehouses, work projects for the Egyptian people, or repositories of knowledge -- Ancient Egyptian society was heavily dependent on slave labor -- Curses or booby traps protected Egyptian tombs -- Cleopatra was responsible for Mark Antony's defeat by octavian (Augustus Caesar) -- The myths of Osiris, Isis, and Horus were the basis for the accounts of Jesus found in the Christian New Testament.
Subject Egypt -- Civilization.
Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C.
Egypt -- Civilization -- Sources.
Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C. -- Sources.
Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755
Chronological Term To 332 B.C.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
Other Form: Print version: Thompson, Stephen E. Ancient Egypt First editon. Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2019. 9781440854934 (DLC) 2019027447
ISBN 1440854947 (electronic book)
9781440854941 (electronic book)
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