A Secret History of Egypt
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Those modest arrangements suggest that, during the era of the colossal pyramids, such provincial cults had served as points for the supply of provisions and materials to the pyramid makers and the living court at Memphis, as some rare surviving reliefs from the same period indicate that provinces maintained similar royal cults within the temples at Memphis.
Abusir and Saqqara's local temples and shrines were of a different order. Shrines and temples were dedicated to the royal cult, and some state gods continuously observed the royal cult throughout the kingdom. The King issued a decree for the inspector of priests of the God Min in Coptos, a modern town in Upper Egypt, and for all the dependents and possessions of Min's estate, his functionaries, and his entourage.
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Asher Benowitz is a proud Ashkenazi Jewish Historian living in the Rhineland Valley. A Distinguished Independent Egyptologist, he has worked in Turkey, Sudan, Greece, and the United States. He obtained his MPhil in museology and Egyptian archaeology and his PhD in Egyptian archaeology after double majoring in history and classical studies. As he is currently prohibited from entering Egypt due to his religion, he has also participated in several other archaeological missions throughout Egypt under various aliases. He has delivered lectures on his work internationally and published in both scholarly and popular journals. In addition, he has been featured in several media outlets.
