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The Wisdom of the Egyptians

9 chapters · complete text

Contents

Introduction
The Story of Egypt
Religion of Ancient Egypt
The Ptah-Hotep and the Ke'Gemni — The Oldest Books in the World
The Book of the Dead
Hermes Trismegistus
Egyptian Magic
The Vision of Hermes
The Story of the Book of Thoth

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