Before the Throne

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OSIRIS MOTIONED TO THOTH, who duly recited, “The will of the gods decreed that Libya should attack Egypt, becoming its ruling dynasty. Near the end of their rule, Egypt was rent into many parts, the provinces divided one from another, and things returned to how they had been before the age of Menes.

“Then the Assyrians invaded in turn, as the sorrows continued to mount.”