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The Birth of Civilization in the Near East

Note 140 — IV. EGYPT, THE KINGDOM OF THE TWO LANDS

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The reader conversant with the role of Osiris in the Egyptian theory of kingship may here be reminded of the fact that the “Interment of Osiris” was localized in the “Royal Castle” by the Memphite Theology, and that this interment, as well as the resurrection of Osiris in the Djed pillar, was annually performed at Memphis.

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