Newly Discovered 4,000-Year Old Egyptian Tomb Stuns Archaeologists

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Newly Discovered 4,000-Year Old Egyptian Tomb Stuns Archaeologists - Geek.com



There is a video clip in the Twitter link.

 

[wayward bob]

can't wait to hear the enthusiastic dude in the hat who owns egypt's history talk about this - he's on pretty much every egyptian doc ever made (it looks like him on the right in the pic)

eta: Dr Zahi | The man with the hat

 

[Cloo]

Awesome, that's just gorgeous!

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

With all the looting that's gone on, that's quite a find.

 

[Santino]

I would not be sad if this burned down. I would just think about the oppression of the poor Egyptians who were forced to build it, and for whom it was a symbol of their oppression.

 

[tim]

I would not be sad if this burned down. I would just think about the oppression of the poor Egyptians who were forced to build it, and for whom it was a symbol of their oppression.

That could be an Orientalist myth. There seems to be quite a lot of evidence to suggest that at least sine tomb builders were skilled craftspeople who had quite a good quality of life.
BBC News - Egypt tombs suggest free men built pyramids, not slaves

And were willing to take industrial action if standards slipped

When was the first strike?

With regard to Dr Zahi, he's an arrogant antisemite, albeit one who performs well on TV.


Zahi Hawass - Wikipedia

 

[Santino]

That could be an Orientalist myth. There seems to be quite a lot of evidence to suggest that at least sine tomb builders were skilled craftspeople who had quite a good quality of life.
BBC News - Egypt tombs suggest free men built pyramids, not slaves

It was a satirical sideswipe at someone whinging about Notre Dame.

 

[T & P]

I would not be sad if this burned down. I would just think about the oppression of the poor Egyptians who were forced to build it, and for whom it was a symbol of their oppression.

TopCat

 

[Lord Camomile]

 

[Poi E]

Not to my taste but it's a good find if you're into that sort of thing.