A text known as The Lay of the Harper, dating from the Middle Kingdom (2040-1782 BCE) encourages its audience to make the most of the time because death is a certainty:
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c. 2040 BCE - c. 1782 BCELiterature from Middle Kingdom Egypt reflects skepticism of afterlife, encourages attention to ghosts.
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c. 1971 BCE - c. 1926 BCEProbable date of Egyptian ghost narrative Instruction of King Amenemhat I to his Son Senruset I.
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c. 1186 BCE - c. 1077 BCEDate of extant copy of A Ghost Story (Khonsemhab and the Ghost) during Ramessied Period of Egypt.
