Ancient Egyptian Stories

The oldest are the best. You may not have heard these fairy tales before, but they have some very familiar themes.

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    The Doomed Prince Ending

    Egyptian sphinx face

    We asked you to send us the ending to the Egyptian Fairytale, The Doomed Prince. The Prince was fated by the god Hathor to meet his end by a dog, a snake or a crocodile. He escaped the dog and the snake, but the crocodile dragged him off to his island in a lake where his enemy was an evil spirit. The original papyrus is torn off here. So how did the story end? Our listeners from all over the world came up with some amazing answers.

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    The Doomed Prince

    Egyptian prince and princess with greyhound pharaoh dog

    A fairy story from ancient Egypt without an ending -you tell us how it should end and we shall read out the best answers out on Storynory. Send to comp@storynory by 14 June 2021.

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    Herodotus: The Sacred Animals of Ancient Egypt

    Sacred Bull of Egypt and Falcon

    Herodotus tells us that ancient Egyptians worshiped cows and bulls. How and why did they do that? Bertie investigates…

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    Herodotus: The Gods of Ancient Egypt

    Egyptian Anubis (with dog head) weighing heart of dead Osiris and Isis look on

    Herodotus often wrote about the Egyptian gods under Greek names. He thought the Egyptian gods were more or less the same as the Greek ones. Was he right?

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    The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor

    Egyptian ship on nile

    An Ancient Egyptian tale about a shipwrecked sailor who is washed up on a desert island and meets a giant serpent. One of the oldest stories ever written down, it is really several stories within a story.