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The future of Egypt rests on the shoulders of the pharaoh. He must keep Seth' s chaos at bay. The people of Egypt look to him to protect them. If he fails them now and cannot ensure the flood, they will face the same catastrophe that befell the Old Kingdom. Each summer his kingship is tested. It' s midJune. Egypt starts to heat up. The threat to the cherished continuity and consistency of the villagers' lives begins. The desert sands advance, threatening to extinguish the river. Without the Nile, the Egyptian world will cease. Water is becoming an ever more precious commodity. Competition for the Nile' s dwindling pools becomes intense. Pushed to the limits of endurance, male hippos become extremely dangerous as they fight over their diminishing territory. Often these bouts are fought to the death. The Nile' s paradise is disappearing. Caught up in the fighting, female hippos aggressively defend their young. The Egyptians respect their bravery and worship them in the form of Tauert, the goddess of young mothers. |
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āi jí de wèi lái dà yè káng zài fǎ lǎo wáng de shuāng jiān zhī shàng, tā bì xū kòng zhì sāi tè zhī luàn. āi jí zǐ mín qī wàng tā bǎo hù tā men. rú guǒ tā gū fù zǐ mín, wú fǎ què bǎo hóng shuǐ dào lái, tā men jiù huì hé gǔ wáng guó yí yàng zāo yù dào kě pà de zāi nàn. měi nián xià jì wáng quán dōu huì bèi shòu kǎo yàn. liù yuè zhōng xún, āi jí qì wēn kāi shǐ shàng shēng, cūn mín lài yǐ wéi jì, dé zhī bù yì de wěn dìng shēng huó kāi shǐ zāo dào wēi xié. shā mò bù bù jìn bī, wēi xié zhōng jié hé liú de cún xù. méi yǒu ní luó hé, āi jí bì jiāng miè wáng. hé shuǐ rì jiàn chéng wéi gèng jiā zhēn guì de zī yuán, zhēng duó ní luó hé suō tuì shuǐ kēng de dà zhàn gèng jiā bái rè huà. rěn nài dào le jí xiàn de gōng hé mǎ zài qiǎng duó jǐn shèng de dàn wán zhī dì shí biàn de yì cháng wēi xiǎn xiōng bào, cháng cháng dōu yào pīn dòu dào nǐ sǐ wǒ huó. ní luó hé zhè piàn lè tǔ zhèng zài zhú jiàn xiāo shī. zāo dào zhàn dòu bō jí de mǔ hé mǎ qún huì xiōng měng dì hàn wèi xiǎo hé mǎ. āi jí rén zūn jìng hé mǎ de xiāo yǒng shàn zhàn, jiāng tā men jìng fèng wèi Tauert dài biǎo nián qīng mǔ qīn de nǚ shén de huà shēn. |