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Encaitare · 01-25-2005, 03:18 PM

Just a small thought pertaining to something davem said earlier, about ancient cultures seeing the path of the sun as a life cycle:

The ancient Egyptians viewed the sun's path as such; they believed that the sun god Ra was born every morning and died every night. Therefore, they viewed west as the direction of the dead, and so they built all their pyramids and tombs on the west bank of the Nile. But, they also believed that they would never truly die since they were going to have this wonderful afterlife... perhaps their very own "version" of the Undying Lands?

01-25-2005, 03:18 PM	#12
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Just a small thought pertaining to something davem said earlier, about ancient cultures seeing the path of the sun as a life cycle: The ancient Egyptians viewed the sun's path as such; they believed that the sun god Ra was born every morning and died every night. Therefore, they viewed west as the direction of the dead, and so they built all their pyramids and tombs on the west bank of the Nile. But, they also believed that they would never truly die since they were going to have this wonderful afterlife... perhaps their very own "version" of the Undying Lands?