No sooner had he performed the Ritual of the Word than an Imperial Edict expunged the Ritual Word. The Ritual Word was never spoken again.
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At the temple of the Oracle at Siwa, Alexander the Great was reputedly acclaimed Pharaoh of Egypt and proclaimed the son of Zeus. The worship of the deified Alexander superseded the pharaonic rule and supplanted worship of the ram-headed sun god Amon-Ra. |
