Episode 5: Beneath the Obelisks (Ancient Egyptian Fiction)
Literature and History
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The Literature of Ancient Egypt
The Shipwrecked Sailor and the Eloquent peasant are part of a small group of 15 or 20 fictional narratives discovered alongside the far more common religious texts. The Literature of Ancient Egypt is THE book to buy, if you're interested in ancient Egyptian literature. Let's lean closely over a tattered manuscript that's older than any religion now practiced.
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