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Imposing Order onto Chaos
The ancient Egyptians believed that the created world emerged from the dark, formless waters, which they called nun. The sun god fashioned the cosmos, heaven and earth, and all living beings, and each night descended into the Underworld. In the middl
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Wandering Performers
By the Hellenistic period, people were moving with ever greater frequency throughout the Mediterranean, such as athletes, ambassadors, and artists. Among these many travellers were guilds or associations of Dionysiac technitai (performing artists), a
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The Concept Of Maat
The ancient Egyptians believed that the entire universe, both the natural world and the divine, was subject to a force called maat, which is often translated as ‘truth’, and personified by the goddess of the same name. But maat is much more – cosmic

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