The Temples Where Only Priests Could Enter — Egypt's Most Forbidden Sacred Spaces

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In the spring of 1200 BC, a girl named Nefertari stood in the courtyard of the temple of Ammon at Cararnak while priests shaved her head completely bald. She was 9 years old. She had been brought to the temple 3 days earlier by her father, a minor official who owed a debt to the temple that he could not pay in silver or grain. So, he paid it with h... Read More