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| | Encyclopedia: Ancient Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | Ancient Egyptians called their land "Kemet," which meant "fl," after the fl fertile silt-layered soil that was left behind each year during the annual innundation, when the Nile flooded the fields. |
 | | The Egyptians believed that the next life had to be provided for in every detail and, as a result, tombs were decorated with depictions of the deceased at his funerary meal, activities of the estate and countryside, and the abundant offerings necessary to sustain the spirit. |
 | | In the religion of ancient Egypt deities were associated with various aspects of nature and the cosmos, particular geographical localities, or even episodes in human experience such as birth and death. |
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