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Climate Change and the Rise of the Cult of Re in the Fifth Dynasty
- Author(s):
- Lloyd Graham (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- Egyptology
- Subject(s):
- Egypt, History, Ancient, Religions
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Old Kingdom, Fifth Dynasty, 4.2 ka BP event, drought, solar cult, Ancient Egypt, Ancient religion
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/dxtt-1630
- Abstract:
- It is suggested that the progressive and destructive aridification during the Old Kingdom was recognised by ancient Egyptians as a sun-driven phenomenon, and that this awareness may have contributed to the rise of the solar cult in the 5th Dynasty.
- Notes:
- This proposal is developed further (as Section 4.1) within my paper “Mythogeography and hydromythology in the initial sections of Sumerian and Egyptian king-lists,” which offers a wide-ranging consideration of both mythic and real flood/drought events.
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- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. Date:
- 2019
- Journal:
- Göttinger Miszellen
- Volume:
- 258
- Page Range:
- 5 - 6
- ISSN:
- 0344-385 X
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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