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... that the
ancient Egyptian
temples of
Dakka
(
pictured
)
,
Maharraqa
,
Wadi es-Sebua
,
Amada
, and
Derr
were all dismantled in the 1960s and rebuilt elsewhere, to avoid the rising waters of
Lake Nasser
created by the
Aswan Dam
?
...that the
Two Ladies
was a
euphemism
used for the
Ancient Egyptian
deities
Wadjet
and
Nekhbet
, represented on the royal crowns of the merged Upper and Lower Egypt as a
cobra
and a
vulture
, respectively?
... that in
Ancient Egypt
, servants of the
pharaohs
would agree to be
sacrificed
to provide their care in the afterlife?
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