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Egyptian Mythology
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The Memphite Theology

When

Inscribed c. 700 BCE, claiming much older origin

Where it survives

The Shabaka Stone, now in the British Museum

What it is

Creation by Ptah conceiving the world in his heart and speaking it into existence, an intellectual account of creation with few parallels that early.

Read it with this in mind

The stone claims to copy a worm-eaten ancient papyrus. That claim served the political purpose of ranking Memphis above Heliopolis, and how much is genuinely old is disputed.

Myths attested here

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