Explore Ancient Egyptian Mythology
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Horus was a fierce and proud Egyptian god. He was the son of Osiris, the god of air and the ...
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Re was known as the sun-god and the creator in ancient Egypt. He took on many forms, each depending ...
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Thousands of years ago, Geb was worshipped at the city of Heliopolis in lower Egypt as the ...
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Nut was the Egyptian sky goddess. She was depicted as a giant, naked woman who was supporting ...
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Glaciovolcanoes, they're called, these rumbling mountains where the orange-red fire of magma meets the frozen blue of glaciers. Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano, which erupted recently, is but one of...
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