...gi]], were lands where expertise in magic was thought to be prevalent. In Egypt, a large number of magical [[papyrus|papyri]], in [[Greek language|Greek]],
...pean [[colonialism]], which put Westerners in contact with [[India]] and [[Egypt]], re-introduced exotic beliefs to Europeans at this time. [[Hinduism|Hindu
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...that dragons are based upon some sort of flying machines possessed by some ancient, unknown culture. Both of these hypotheses are widely considered to be pseu
...serpents and mentioned reports of flying serpents flying from Arabia into Egypt but being fought off by Ibises.
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...while the name was anciently thought to originate from the place Nysa, in Egypt (now Ethiopia).
...e roots of literary art in general and the art of tragedy in particular to ancient Dionysian mysteries. His views were expressed in the treatises ''The Hellen
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...d'', worshipped in the city of Mendes, the Greek name of ancient Djedet in Egypt, as a he-goat, imagined as “copulator in Anep and inseminator in the dist
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...is is a more general philosophical skepticism towards any document whether ancient or modern, that appears to give credence to the possibility of the occurren
* In the [[Hebrew Bible]], [[Plagues of Egypt|plague]]s and other misfortunes are described as signs of [[God]]'s anger o
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...the creature’s ears are grotesquely stretched and pointed. The Vampire of ancient times is a horrifying monster, a far cry from the modern interpretation of
...have debated exactly why the Vampire needs blood for a very long time. In ancient times, people recognized that blood is the source of life. To take another
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...or post-exilic. Nevertheless we may well suppose that [[polytheist]]s in [[ancient Israel]] believed in superhuman beings other than God, but that the [[Bibli
...gel to protect the [[Hebrews|Hebrew people]] after their [[exodus]] from [[Egypt]], to lead them to the [[promised land]], and to destroy the hostile tribes
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Cannibalism was documented in Egypt during a famine caused by the failure of the Nile to flood for eight years
...by the priest to the faithful. The accusations of cannibalism made against ancient Christians may reflect earlier versions of such beliefs but should also be
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