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Benefactor Gods

Jiang says the tomb theory morally misreads Egyptian divine kingship because it implies the Pharaoh came to earth to make the people serve his private death project, while Egyptian gods are imagined as benefactors of humanity.

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Lecture claim dated 2024-11-26 about Egyptian theology and kingship.

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Jiang says the tomb theory morally misreads Egyptian divine kingship because it implies the Pharaoh came to earth to make the people serve his private death project, while Egyptian gods are imagined as benefactors of humanity.

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The Pyramid That Tried To End History

2024-11-26, day precision · Civilization #18: The Great Pyramid as Ancient Egypt's Manhattan Project

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"For this to be a tomb, this implies that the Pharaoh, because the Pharaohs are divine, right? They are basically the emanation of God..."

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The Pyramid That Tried To End History

2024-11-26, day precision · claims

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A source-grounded reading of the Great Pyramid as Egypt's Manhattan Project: a divine battery, a state economy, and a wager that a sacred body could control the Nile, unify Egypt, and make peace eternal.

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