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    One version can be found in Paris, the Papyri Prisse, there are two copies in the British Museum, one dating from the Middle Kingdom and one from the New Kingdom, it can also be found on a wooden tablet that can be found in the Cairo Museum. There are no limits that have been decreed for art; There is no artist who attains entire excellence. A lovely thought is harder to come by than a jewel; One can find it in the hand of a maid at the grindstone. It is true that one may become rich through doing evil, But the power of Truth and Justice is that they endure And that a man can say of them: This is just a small part of the wisdom texts of Ptahhotep.

    The texts deals with advancement in life advising caution in speech, refrain from becoming hotheaded, always be cool and calm, put your arguments logically, never loose your temper.

    Young men are advised to marry young, and to treat their wives with solicitude. Be not covetous of wealth. Keep a sweet word ever on your tongue. No, remember that you do not know what is in the mind of God, And that you cannot know what may happen tomorrow.

    [Ancient Spiritual Wisdom from Egypt] The Instruction of Ptahhotep

    Another papyri of wisdom text from the end of the Old Kingdom, preserved in two papri in the British Museum, both are written by the same scribe, a man called Duauf. Duauf is not a scribe or vizier, but a common man, who has a son called Pepy. Who has been awarded a scholarship place and is receiving an education in the School of Books amongst the children of the magistrates.

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    Duauf is anxious that is son take good advantage of this opportunity, that he should apply himself to his books and schoolwork, and become a scribe. It was a way of escaping from all the other trades available. During these millenia the Egyptians developed a multitude of gods and goddesses, as well as esoteric practices that we are still unravelling the meaning of. Besides this, Egypt was the source of the first true monothestic religion, under the pharaoh Akhenaton.

    This rich tradition was mostly unknown until the early nineteenth century, when the Egyptian language was finally deciphered. Mercer , translator [ ].

    The oldest sacred text in the world that we know of, dating back to B. The Pyramid Texts are funerary inscriptions from the early pyramids. This was the first translation of the Pyramid Texts into English, and this etext is the first time it has appeared on the Internet. Millennia of Egyptian religious evolution as seen through their literature, including extensive quotes from the Pyramid Texts. The Egyptian Book of the Dead E.

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    Wallis Budge , translator [ ]. The best known Ancient Egyptian sacred text, which describes the journey into the afterlife. The Egyptian Heaven and Hell by E. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. July Learn how and when to remove this template message.

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    The Ancient Egyptian Wisdom Texts are a genre of writings from the ancient culture that have survived to the present and provide a vibrant record of the practice. The Ancient Egyptian Wisdom Texts are a genre of writings created by several individual Sages of Ancient Egypt, from that have survived to the present and.

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