Ancient Egypt : facts and fictions /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thompson, Stephen E. (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2020]
Series:	Historical facts and fictions.
Subjects:	Egypt > Civilization. Egypt > History > To 332 B.C. Egypt > Civilization > Sources. Egypt > History > To 332 B.C. > Sources. To 332 B.C. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Hieroglyphs were a secret code created to conceal the wisdom of ancient Egypt
2. The Egyptians worshipped animals and gods with animal heads
3. Ancient Egyptians considered the pharaoh to be a god
4. The pyramids were built as storehouses, work projects for the Egyptian people, or repositories of knowledge
5. Ancient Egyptian society was heavily dependent on slave labor
6. Curses or booby traps protected Egyptian tombs
7. Cleopatra was responsible for Mark Antony's defeat by octavian (Augustus Caesar)
8. The myths of Osiris, Isis, and Horus were the basis for the accounts of Jesus found in the Christian New Testament.