The "ancient [Egyptians] had no death cult ... wrote in their book "Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000 BCE to 395 CE" (Cornell University Press, 2004). The writing on the papyrus says this deity is ...

was dedicated to an Egyptian fertility god called Min. One of ancient Egypt’s earliest deities, Min was thought to be the embodiment of male sexual fertility. In iconography, he is often holding ...

which also served as a gift to the gods. "Look at frankincense and myrrh — they're in the Christian story of Jesus and were gifts from the three wise men," Price said. "In ancient Egyptian ...