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And Thus It Happened



Luxor, Egypt, Modern Day



In a population numbering in the hundred thousands all crammed into about 416 km squared, not counting the millions of visiting tourists everyday, it's easy to loose your place in the world. For thieves Luxor is one of the greatest cities to live in, with tourists coming and going constantly you can make an easy living off of stealing their money and valuables, and the life of a pickpocket is sweet. Life isn't good for the thieves alone, however, because anyone associated with the tourists in any way is sure to benifit.

The flow of tourists back and forth across the Nile, to and from the ancient cities, fuels the economy and therefore everyone benifits, especially the transportation industry. You would think in a world so based off of tourists they would have no other real forms of industry, but the agricultural field is also high, especially when it comes to sugarcane.

Luxor, the modern version of ancient Thebes, is known as the "world's greatest open air museum" and holds the ruins of two anicent temples within it's bounds. You would think in a city this full of ancient magic you would believe in it more, but four unsuspecting citizins of Luxor get caught in this magic.

Four people, from all sides of the spectrum, from simple thief to millionaire, are taken by this magic and sent back in time to when modern Luxor was the capital city Thebes.

Thebes, Egypt, 2060 BC



It is the last year of the peaceful reign of Pharaoh Intef III, of course, he doesn't know it's his last year. Soon the kingdom of Egypt will fall back into the series of wars that have been going on for the last several Pharaoh's and will continue for the next several. The short but peaceful eight year reign is drawing to a close, but is about to be disrupted by the arrival of four very unwelcome guests from the future.

Whatever magic drew them back in time seems to not exist yet in this time, and it's up to the four of them to find out why they've been drawn back in time. The magic that stole the four of them away has bound them all together by threads of destiny; a bond now exists between the four of them that is formed by magic and will be strengthened by their own emotions.

It's up to the four of them together to find what they're needed for, and to decided if they're to leave Ancient Egypt or stay, because the magic that binds them can only be broken if they all work together.

How to Build a Life



Fill out this form in 1st person from the point of view of your character in bold in a color of your choosing that you will use, you can find a list of colors here: Colors If there is anything that needs to be said about your character that they themselves would never reveal, put that in black italics in 3rd person.

Anime, drawings, or tektek avatars are fine for pictures, but please... No real life photos! You can link to the picture if the only place you could find it on didn't allow you to display the picture, and if you don't want one at all, feel free to add in a description section.

Also, it's perfectly alright for there to be people who aren't Egyptian in this RP, we even accept gods and goddesses if you feel like being a true god-modder.

When you first enter the RP, only Ancient Egyptians can speak Ancient Egyptian. There's a special priest you can meet, however, who will help you.

Also, intresting note: in modern day Egypt it's advised for women to wear loose clothing and keep their arms covered, but in Ancient Egypt it was common for women to wear tight fitting see through dresses and to walk around topless. Big difference, huh? Now you know why this is PG-17, not 13.

Those Who Are Condemed



This section is for those who break my rules. Your mistakes will be put on display and critiqued.

Ask The Goddess



A frequently asked questions section.

Did Ancient Egyptians have slaves?

Ugh, I hate this question, but it needs to be answered. No, no the Ancient Egyptians did not have slaves. Now, before anyone goes all "but the Bible/Qu'ran/Torah says so" allow me to explain. Those books are NOT historical fact no matter how much you want to believe that, and one of the books attempting to claim this as fact also claims that men from Ethiopia have black semen; now, I've never been with an Ethiopian man before, but I'm quite sure that they have the same color semen as every other man in the world does, unless they are seriously deseased, and then I wouldn't be sleeping with him!

Egyptians simply didn't have slaves, now, you can try to say they did by the fact that every other society back then had slaves, but that wouldn't be true. Not ever society had slaves, and the Egyptians were among them. Why have slaves when the people were more than willing to work for their Pharaoh if it granted them automatic entry into the afterlife?

Now, there were people reffered to as slaves, but that's not to say they were slaves. Priests and priestesses were commonly called slaves to the gods, but does that make them slaves? A person could seek the protection of a temple and could pay to become that temples slave, which if you ask me isn't exactly a slave. Since when have you heard of people paying to be slaves? You could be tied to a house and be traded like property and even be inherited, but you were paid and treated well.

That isn't to say there weren't cases of servents being beaten for doing a bad job, but that came with the job; do it right or suffer the consequences. In the case of nobles, rich men, and the Pharaoh himself/herself some of their servernts would be mummified along with them to go into the afterlife, but that was considered an honored position and not many passed up the chance to serve their Pharaoh or master for eternity.

How were women treated in Ancient Egypt?

Better than they are now! OK, I'm joking, but only slightly. The truth is is that the Egyptians treated women much better in Egypt than in most civilizations back then. Women could manage, own, and sell private property, which included land, portable goods, servants, livestock, and money. Women could resolve legal settlements. Women could appear as a contracting partner in a marriage contract or a divorce contract and they could adopt. They could execute testaments and they could free servants bound to the land. Eyptian women could even sue, as entitled to them by the law.

This kind of freedom was strange back then, Greek women for example couldn't go anywhere unless accompanied by a man, their husband, father, or brother, and they couldn't do anything legan unless they were with this same man, known as their kourios.

An Egyptian woman could also acquire possessions, and she could do so in many ways. She could receive them as gifts or as an inheritance from her parents or husband, or she could buy them with money or other goods which she earned either through employment or which she borrowed. A woman had claims to up to one-third of all the community property in her marriage, for example; the property which accrued to her husband and her after they were married. When a woman brought her own private property to a marriage, the dowry, it remained hers, even though the husband often had the free use of it. In the event of a divorce her property had to be returned to her, in addition to any divorce settlement that might be stipulated in the original marriage contract.

On the death of a husband the woman inherited two-thirds of their community property, but the other one-third was divided among their children, followed up by the brothers and sisters of the deceased. To circumvent this possibility and to enable his wife to receive either a larger part of the share, or to allow her to dispose of all the property, a husband could draw up a kind of will that bequeathed to her the property, or he could even adopt her as his own child so that she could aquire more property.

As for marriage, there was nothing special done and Egyptian women could get married at any age at all, though it was commonly done after they hit their periods. They were recognized as being married when they physically left their parents domain and moved into the domain of their husband. They maintained all independant freedom and their husbands never became their gaurdians. A woman could divorce at anytime in the marriage and could also remarry.

Children were however very important to both men and women, and the Ancient Egyptians weren't at all modest when it came to sex. A man would boast about how many children he had, and a woman considered herself above her friends if she had more children than they. If a woman was sterile the husband could use this as a reason to divorce her, but it was so frowned upon that not many went through with it; after all, there were plenty of orphaned children to adopt.

Women named their children immediately after birth, normally the first word that left their mouth on the childs entry into the word. This was to prevent the child from entering the afterlife nameless in case of miscarriage or a short life.

What do you considere a good post?

Ooh! Fun question! OK, it doesn't have to be super long, but it must have complete sentences and it must flow seamlessly together. You must be getting something accomplished in the post, weither it is talking to someone or it is giving information or leading someone else along so they know what to do next. I do want it to be descriptive though, not just dialogue, and I want it as grammatically correct as you can make it. I'm not asking for perfection, simply your best.

I want capitilization and correct puctuation. I don't mind if you mess up every so often, but I'd like it to look like you know how to use a keyboard. A good post gives you an image in your mind about what's going on around the character and how they look and sound when they're talking or when they're doing something.

Here's a list to follow if you want to see if your post is a good one:

Did you create a post that brings to mind what the setting looks like?

Did you create a post that gives a clear image of the expression on your characters face?

Was your post clear and unconfusing?

Was your post the best you could do?

Could you make it better if you added to it?

If you read over your post, does it respond correctly to others posts?

Does it get across the point you were trying to make?

The best thing you can do to make sure your post is good is to look at the posts of those around you, if your post seems to be lacking in description and says something along the lines of: "The dog sat down." Then you know it's bad, try your best to describe everything around you, but don't go overboard. We want: "The furry brown puppy sat down infront if it's master and wagged it's tail." Not: "A puppy of about 45lbs with long chestnut colored fur and black eyes that sparkled brightly in the sun despite the fact it was overcast that Thursday afternoon at about 3: 45 pm in July on the fourth week on the contininent of Australia in the city of Sydney slowly sank down onto the dry dirt that hadn't seen rain for about two months due to a drought that had left half the region on strict restrictions and had dried up all nearby local rivers, streams, and small ponds and had killed off many lawns and plants and looked up at the short five year old with large bright blue eyes that she had gotten from her father who worked in the military and was currently in Japan right now on a military base and had blonde hair that she got from her grandmother who was a seamstress in World War II when Hitler lead the Nazi's across most of Europe in an attempt to take of the world and eradicate anyone who wasn't exactly like his image of the what the world should be, which happened to be a race of blue eyed blonde people just like the little girl, and thumped his short chestnut tail hard against the dirt sending up a cloud of dust."

That. Was. Hard. To. Write!

Anyway, I understand if posts get shorter and shorter when more people are online or more people are talking to each other at once, but when you're alone I expect your best!

Did the Ancient Egyptians commit incest?

Oh hell yes! >o< They had no qualms about anything! Sexuality was part of their cycle of life, death, and rebirth, so it was out in the open where everyone could see it! They did after all walk around half naked all the time and brag about how potent they were. The men wore triangular stiff folds of fabric on the front of their hips to emphasize that area and draw attention to it, and most women walked around with their breasts hanging out.

Hell, their prostitutes were sacred and either walked around in fishnet or completely naked, had tattoos, were well respected in the community, and weren't paid to sleep with you. Prostitution was actually a coming of age ceramony for most girls, you were a prostitute for a few months and if you came home preganant you were praised and held above everyone else, if you didn't... you were considered infertile, but I digress...

If it had to do with sexuality, the Egyptians had no problem with it. Masturbation, homosexuality, incest... it was all good with them. The gods themselves often commited all of the acts, and they were put in myth for all to see. Isis even dabbled in a little bit of necrophilia if you look closely enough...

The common people of Egypt didn't commit incest that often, but it wasn't unheard of. The royal family, however, was practically required to commit incest. To become Pharaoh you had to marry a royal princess, and who was a royal princess? Either your sister or your half-sister most likely; I suppose sometimes you could get lucky and just marry someone who was was the daughter of someone in the Pharoh's harem who had been brought in from outside, but with all of the women in the harem and with all of the children, who kept count of who was and wasn't related?

There is however much confusion as to who commited incest and how often it actually happened. The Egyptians used the terms "brother" and "sister" as terms of endearment, so your "brother" could be an uncle, a cousin, an actual brother, your best friend, or your lover, and your "sister" could be an aunt, cousin, your sister, your best friend, or your lover. It's a very confusing buisiness...

The point is is that yes, incest happened, but also remember that it might not be the case just because someone is calling their husband or wife their brother or sister.