Find your way, though the police would rather you did not, to remote Abydos and its exquisite bas-reliefs honouring the god Osiris.

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Violence as entertainment has existed for thousands of years, from the ancient Egyptians watching re-enactments of the murder of their god Osiris to the Romans' gladiator games, said Bushman.

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