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Ancient Egyptian literature

Ancient Egyptian literature was written with the Egyptian language from ancient Egypt's pharaonic period until the end of Roman domination. It represents the oldest corpus of Egyptian literature. Along with Sumerian literature, it is considered the world's earliest literature.

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LiteratePapyrus Anastasi IRamesside PeriodExcavation of a lakeBrick ramp
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DemoticDeciphermentEarly Dynastic PeriodWritten scriptsDoor-bolt
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CoptsCoptic literatureHellenisticGreekArabic literature
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Literary functions: social, religious and educational

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Ancient Egyptian literature

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related to Legacy, translation and interpretation · 43
Ancient Egyptian literature → AD, After, Ali Baba, Andros, Arabic, Athanasius Kircher, Christianity, Coptic, Copts, Egypt, Egyptian, Europe, European, For, Greek, Hellenistic, Hellenized Egyptian Horapollo, In, It, Italian Cristoforo Buondelmonti
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Ancient Egyptian literature → Dating, Egyptian, Fictional, First Intermediate Period, For, It, Kagemni, Ludwig, Merykare, Middle Kingdom, Morenz, Neferti, Old Kingdom, Other, Parkinson, Ptahhotep, Richard, The, The Eloquent Peasant, Twelfth
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Ancient Egyptian literature → An Anthology, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egyptians, Belgian Egyptologist Jacques Kinnaer, Book, Egypt, Fordham University, Foster, Internet Ancient History Source, John, Literature, New York, Project Gutenberg EBook, Readable HTML, Texas Press, The, The Language, The Literature, University, Wallis Budge

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The Eloquent Peasantinstance ofembodied in works0.80text
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