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Sun, Mar 1, 1998
At the height of Egypt's new kingdom, the most powerful Pharaohs who ever lived were buried in tombs full of gold, a divine metal which was regarded as the flesh of the gods. Where did this wealth come from and how did Egypt become the greatest empire the world had ever seen?
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Sun, Mar 8, 1998
At the height of Egypt's new kingdom, the most powerful Pharaohs who ever lived were buried in tombs full of gold, a divine metal which was regarded as the flesh of the gods. Where did this wealth come from and how did Egypt become the greatest empire the world had ever seen?
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Sun, Mar 15, 1998
The Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods and that every aspect of life in this world and the next was controlled by supernatural beings. The gods had to be appeased at all costs. The Deities represented the personification of order whilst the Demons were the forces of chaos. Temples were designed as power stations to maintain the fragile harmony of life.
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Sun, Mar 22, 1998
To the Egyptians, the practice of mummification was crucial to the ritual of attaining an afterlife. To modern day Egyptologists it is a godsend of preserved material. Egypt: Post Mortem highlights the way in which scientists can now reveal how the ancient Egyptians lived and died.
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Sun, Mar 29, 1998
At the height of Egypt's new kingdom, the most powerful Pharaohs who ever lived were buried in tombs full of gold, a divine metal which was regarded as the flesh of the gods. Where did this wealth come from and how did Egypt become the greatest empire the world had ever seen?