46. The Exodus
Undeceptions with John Dickson
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What Are the Sources of Egyptology?
egypt, we have a lot preserved. People woulda be amazed at how much religion there is in our classical roman sources. Texts are more than s and scrolls that retell events. A text can be any cryptic set of words engraved on stone or household objects. I first learnt that from indiana jones. Can you translate the inscription, quisquis biberaqam drinks the water i shall give him, says the lord. We'll have a spring inside him welling up for eternal life. Let them bring me to your holy mountain, an the place where you dwell. Across the desert, through the canyon of the crescent moon, to the temple where
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