National Geographic: Egypt - Quest for Eternity Page #5

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days of ancient Greece and Rome

These works are expressions

of the quest

for the meaning of life itself

a longing for connection with

the gods

a need for beauty,

a hope for immortality

They are worth knowing

and worth saving

because the record of the

past tells up

something of ourselves

and hints of our future

Here, Egyptians and travelers

alike raise their eyes to Ramses

speak of him, remember him

as a leader

who signed the world's first

major peace treaty

It reads

"Beginning with this day

in order to bring about good peace

and good brotherhood between us

forever...

he is in peace with me

and I am in brotherhood with him

and I am in peace with him, forever."

In the religion of the

ancient Egyptians

to speak of the dead is to make

them live again

For Ramses, the quest for eternity

has been fulfilled

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