The two gods of the Nile shown here were really one god, Hapi, one of the few who was common to all Egypt and part of no theological system.

Introduction: The history of ancient Egyptian civilization falls, by the convention of modern historians, into three main periods or phases: the Old Kingdom, or Pyramid Age; the Middle Kingdom, sometimes misleadingly called the Feudal Age; and the New Kingdom, when Egypt became an imperial power and reached the apex of her prosperity and influence.