Form out of formlessness, order out of chaos, and the struggle to sustain that order is the heart of the ancient Egyptian stories of creation. However… it's complicated.
Who created the universe and how might depend on where and when you were in ancient Egypt. The myths do however, all share some common threads.
This story comes from an ancient scroll, known as the BremnerRhind papyrus, currently at The British Museum in London. This scroll contains a book called "The Overthrowing of Apep, the Enemy of Ra" which describes the creation of the universe from the perspective of its creator.
For ancient Egyptians, the time before time, our primordial beginnings, start in a great sea of chaos, which they called the Nu...

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0:00 Intro
0:44 Mythology in Context
1:29 History of Ancient Egyptian Mythology
3:22 The BremnerRhind papyrus: The Overthrowing of Apep, the Enemy of Ra
7:52 Other stories to watch

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