... help produce a bountiful harvest. Witnessing these natural processes of their environment likely influenced their beliefs. The Egyptians perceived both the certainty of death and the assurance of birth through the constant reliability of nature confirmed by the daily rising and setting of the sun, (Fiero 19). According to Egyptian mythology, at the beginning of time the Nile's "primordial waters" brought a mound ... , they also based their daily beliefs on the Nile. For example, Fiero tells us that in 4200 B.C.E. the 365-day cycle of the river's inundation became the basis of the solar c...

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