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We all know of the Roman and Greek literary and philosophical works which still resonate to this day and read by many. As a an ancient and long old civilization, what works of equal importance do we have from such great civilization? I only know of the "Book of the Dead", which is quite a mythology/religious work.

Secondly, how did the the ancient Egyptians (if they did) influence the neighboring civilizations or the Greeks in the Ptolemaic Period? Did their works affect the west?

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A simple Google search on "Ancient Egyptian literature" turns up answers to your questions. – choster Jan 2 at 17:16
A Google search turns up "ancient Egyptian literature." But it is NOT simple in terms of relating that literature to the modern world. – Tom Au May 8 at 22:43
You might want to split this out into two questions. The answer to the second is considerably different from the answer to the first. – Mark C. Wallace May 9 at 14:26
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There is a fundamental problem in that we couldn't translate hieroglyphics until the 19th century. Consequently for a significant period of history there could not be the kind of influence you cite for Greek/Roman works. – Mark C. Wallace May 9 at 14:28

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