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Q1: What was special about the climate that made the ancient Egyptians think their gods lay in the heavens?
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Clouds are rare in a desert; the Sun always shines during the day, and the night sky is always a miracle of twinkling stars.

Unsurprisingly, the ancient Egyptians believed the sky and their land were connected and that this is where their gods lived and where they might go when they died.

Life, death, the Nile and the sky were the cornerstones of their world.