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In the Valley of Kings, scenes from the ancient Egyptian books of the dead adorn the walls in the tomb of Pharaoh Rameses III. The deceased ruler raises his hand in oath to the godhead Osiris and swears the following: never has he held back the waters of the Nile in the season of floods, never has he dirtied the waters of the Nile, never has he been cruel to any animal working in the far-reaching system of water use.
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German Advisory Council on Global Change. (1999). Introduction. In: Ways Towards Sustainable Management of Freshwater Resources. World in Transition, vol 1997. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59895-1_3
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