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But the Egyptians believed
there was one thing
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even mightier than the Nile:
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the sun-the God they called Re,
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the God who created everything.
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Each morning with its rising
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the Sun God would be born.
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Each night in setting
he'd die.
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But the next morning
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he would rise again
never failing.
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He was eternal.
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When a king died,
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it was believed that
he became one with Re:
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His son
the new pharaon became Horus
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the falcon,
the living God on earth.
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And so the Egyptians accorded
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their rulers absolute power
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which they used to build
an extraordinary empire
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an empire of buildings
so enormous
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and art so exquisite
we are still trying to understand
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how such wonders were created
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how stones from the
desert were turned
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into timeless monuments.
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Some of the oldest buildings
on earth are here