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Voices from Ancient Egypt Gallery

By John Ray

The letters, temple carvings and coffin inscriptions of ancient Egyptians offer us an insight into the private life of an extraordinary civilisation. The collection of readings performed here range across 3,000 years; they include a letter from a king, a princess's prayer and the dream of a temple dancer. These are the testimonies of real people, citizens of ancient Egypt; some important, others less so, but all very much alive in the words that survive them.

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Explorer
Explorer
Princess
Princess
Mayor
Mayor
Dancer
Dancer
Soldier
Soldier
Farmer
Farmer

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