Hundreds of ancient relics will be displayed for the first time in a British Museum show that challenges our view of devout historyA trail-blazing British Museum exhibition about religion in Egypt after the descend of the pharaohs is to shine a light for the first time on an overlooked and difficult truth: how much the great world faiths and mythologies borrowed from each other and how many contemporary distinctions were made later.
The potentially provocative show,Egypt: Faith After the Pharaohs, opens next week and covers the millennium after the death of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, or when Egypt was initially fraction of the Roman empire and arguably the greatest melting pot on soil.
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Source: theguardian.com