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Modern Egypt Modern Egypt The Neo-Mamluk Beylicate, 1760-98 Most scholars of Egyptian history now agree that the political and economic changes that occurred in the early nineteenth century had their origins not in the French invasion of 1798 but rather in events that occurred in Egypt itself in the latter half of the eighteenth century. […]

Abydos Abydos has been used as a burial site and sacred site since predynastic history, It was originally sacred to jackal-headed god Wepwawet, who “opened way” to realm of dead. Anhur appeared in XI Dynasty at Abydos; Anubis rose importance in Middle Kingdom vanished the XVIII Dynasty. The worship of Osiris in various forms appeared […]