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To all enthusiastic Egyptologists, doctorates and dilettantes alike: before you is vast supply of carefully researched
information of nearly all elements of the wonderful era of Pre- and Dynastic Egypt, when pharaohs ruled the land and great
monuments were built in honor of both human and deity. Explore these pages to become more acquainted with one of the
world's greatest ancient civilizations. Everyone has heard of the curse
of the pharaohs--rubbish, I say! However, I cannot guarantee there will not be any pitfalls or false doors around here;
you never know what will happen on the computer! It is my duty as curator of this site to ensure a safe navigation,
which is quite simple if I don't say so myself: main navigation--that which concerns contextual data on ancient Egypt--will
always appear at the top of every page to eradicate becoming lost. In addition, there is a secondary menu at the bottom:
that which concerns fun things in which you can engage and other supplimentary materials. This secondary menu will appear
on every page as well.
One last thing before I leave you on your adventure: the meaning of the title of this website (Egyptology Page: Opal
Egg * Typy Ego). The first part (Egyptology Page) is obvious; the last part (Opal Egg * Typy Ego) is an
anagram of to Egyptology Page and describes a few aspects of ancient Egypt. "Opal Egg" signifies not only that the
egg with which we are occupied is opalescent but also that the egg has great importance in ancient Egyptian history. Scarabs,
a sacred and deified beetle, rolls its eggs into a dung ball; it is from the latter that the baby scarabs emerge, a life process
that the ancient Egyptians associated with creation (creation played a major part in Egyptian mythology). It is in one version
of the Hermopolitan Creation Myth that appears the Cosmic Egg, laid by either a celestial goose or an ibis (a species of bird).
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