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The Indus Archaeology Just Doesn't Excite the Rest of the World
Indus sites were first excavated just two years after the discovery of King Tut and Kamoon's tomb. Why do you think that was? I would imagine that if you're a European archaeologist or a historian at the time, there's almost a sort of like near weirdness and far weirdness somewhere like Egypt as these discoveries are happening. Your focus goes to something that is alien yet familiar rather than perceived to be that much more alien.