... born in a cave on December 25 before three shepherds. Osiris offers his followers the chance to be born again through the rites of baptism. He then magically turns water into wine at a marriage ceremony. Osiris then rides triumphantly into town on a donkey while people wave palm leaves to honor him. He dies at Eastertime as a sacrifice for the sins of the ... and ascends to heaven in glory. Osiris's followers await his return as the judge during the Last Days. His death and resurrection are celebrated by a ritual meal of bread and wine, which symbolize his body and blood. That story is ...

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... civilization and helped the population grow. Later on in time, the basic diet of the ordinary people was bread and beer, whereas the wealthy citizens ate more meat and drank wine instead of beer. The most common clothes women wore were tunic dresses. These dresses were made by folding a rectangle of cloth in half, sewing it up at the sides, leaving ... ...

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... and married to a mysterious figure called Smenkhkare or Ankhkheperure-Neferneferuaten, who apparently co-ruled with Akhenaten for a few years. (Redford, 1984; Aldred, 1988) The last reference to Akhenaten appears on a wine jar docket dated "Year 17." The date had at some point been partially erased and replaced with "Year 1" (Murnane, 1995). What happened to Akhenaten at the end of his reign ... ...

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