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The Mythological Origin of the Egyptian Temple

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 The following is a scan of a very rare book that details the first published translations of the Edfu Temple. As the title indicates it details the mythological origin of the first temple that appeared on earth according to the oldest Egyptian records. Prehistory. The tale these ruins tell share several similarities with other myths from various places around the ancient world which I will share now.  (Book scan and download link at the bottom) The Aztec and Egyptian creation myths begin with a world of darkness with no land, only sky and water and a god who lives there, then the god (one way or another) creates the first world/land which is an island, and the first people (perhaps giants), eventually fighting ensues, then because of the fighting the earth is engulfed by water or the island disappears (same thing when you are the only land). Then from this water the new world rises and is rebuilt in  the old worlds image from the "bones" of the old world. Now that story coul