The Instructions of Amenemopi - A Book of Wisdom

The literature of ancient Egypt helps us get a rounder picture of what life was like beneath the obelisks. Most scholars figure that ancient Egypt had a literacy rate of less than 1%. Maybe this means that dissension and a whole culture of political satire existed amidst the Egyptian masses. The Instruction of Amenemopi is part of a small but influential genre we'll be dealing with a lot in this podcast.