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[–] wjrii 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Tangentially, shout out to Dominic Perry's History of Egypt podcast. Great stuff, very engaging without forgetting that history is an evolving and ever-incomplete field of study, and that things other than battles happened in the ancient world.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It took me way too long (into my adult years) to figure out that an Egyptologist is an archaeologist who specializes in ancient Egyptian cultural artifacts.

[–] John_McMurray 2 points 7 months ago

yeah yeah, farming and business and carpentry and sanctimonious politicians pissing everyone off. Just dull shit until it erupts into a war.