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Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri: Second Series, XVIIIth to XIXth Dynasty

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Egyptian stories from the New Kingdom, among them the tale of a prince doomed to die by a crocodile, a snake or a dog. Retold in plain English by Petrie.

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Made byW. M. Flinders Petrie
TranslatorW. M. Flinders Petrie (editor)
LanguageEnglish
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Why we can share it: Project Gutenberg record: 'Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.' Petrie (1853-1942); text states 'First Published September 1895, Second Edition February 1913', both before 1931, so public domain in the US.

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GodThothMillions of mummified ibis birds were buried in catacombs as offerings to Thoth, the ibis-headed Egyptian god of writing and the moon. Stories give him hidden writings too, including a Book of Thoth locked in nested boxes at the bottom of the Nile; reading it brought disaster on the man who took it. What did it say?

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