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The Expensive Business of Death | Why Wealth Was Buried in Ancient Egypt
Pharaohs ensured that their burial chambers were packed with all kinds of treasures.
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The Fortune of a Continent | A Short Story of Africa
Since the advent of written history, the continent of Africa has long been coveted for its riches.
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The Peak of Pyramid Building | A Story of Saqqara and Giza
Relative to prior pyramid building projects, the logistical undertaking of Saqqara was enormous.
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The Bejewelled Amulet | An Artefact of Time-Tested Ubiquity
Nearly all amulets are believed to have power over the evil eye and disease, but many of them are specifically directed towards a particular ailment.
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The Centralisation of The Ancient Egyptian Economy
From the very onset, Ancient Egyptian society was characterised by hierarchy and centralisation.
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The Harvest of The Land | A Story of Ancient Egyptian Land Tenure
Share-cropping on small fields is characteristic of Egyptian land management with landlord and tenant sharing in different degrees the investment and the return.
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The Productivity of the Ancient Egyptian Economy
The very first settlers along the River Nile transformed and unalterably changed the pre-existing culture of farming and hunting.
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The Father | A Verse from the Rig Veda
Since the 2nd millennium BCE, the sounds and texts of the Rig Veda were orally transmitted.
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The First Flow of Finance | To Earn and Borrow Wisely
The first step in the flow of finance is to begin by earning and paying heed to our level of indebtedness to others.
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The Joseph Effect
Mandelbrot’s theory is based on the Old Testament story of Joseph.
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