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... > social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > death and dying > conceptualizations of death > cross-cultural perspectives on death > Ancient Egyptian beliefs and traditions
... > social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > counseling > human development and life transitions > death and dying > conceptualizations of death > cross-cultural perspectives on death > Ancient Egyptian beliefs and traditions
... > social science subjects > sociology > aging and the life course > death and dying > conceptualizations of death > cross-cultural perspectives on death > Ancient Egyptian beliefs and traditions
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > death and dying > conceptualizations of death > cross-cultural perspectives on death > Ancient Egyptian beliefs and traditions

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Ancient Egyptian beliefs and traditions  

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  • The ancient Egyptians created a complex civilization that continues to be studied over 2,000 years after the death of the last pharaoh. An undercurrent of matters in ancient Egypt was their system of beliefs, at the center of which existed the struggle between order (ma'at) and chaos (isfet). [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Ancient Egyptian Beliefs and Traditions]

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