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Episode 4: Divine Judgment (The Book of the Dead)

Literature and History

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Ancient Egyptian Texts

Egyptians believed that only one man had an immortal soul. The Pyramid texts, dated to the 2300 BCE, are so named because they were discovered etched into the walls and sarcophagi at the pyramids of Sakhara. But how long could a religion actually last that served to benefit and glorify one person at the expense of everyone else? For six dynasties, or about 800 years.

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