The Pros and Cons of Wisdom

As it was conquered by the Persians and then the Greeks, Egyptian society held fast to its time-honored wisdom. The seat of old traditions, Sakara during the 4th century BCE Persian conquest, was home to a bizarre decades-long frenzy of animal worship. For a price, petitioners could even offer mummified pieces of rodents to the falcons so that the falcon-headed deity would honor their wishes.