• Chocrates@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Pyramids were built over a vast span of time by different Dynasties, though I think it mostly dried up by the end of the Old Kingdom (pun not intended because drought is one of the causes of the fall of the Old kingdom lol)

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    4 months ago

    Ok I am far from an archaeologist but did Egypt even have cuneiform writing? That’s not Egypt, right?

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      4 months ago

      They did not. Cuneiform was Mesopotamian. Egypt used hieroglyphics and something you might not be familiar with known as demotic script.

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    4 months ago

    I think that’s quite enough talk about us not knowing everything about our history and science. Piffle! I say. Harrumph!

    Historical mysteries. Ridiculous.