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scotsgirl77 t1_jcfohev wrote

Egypt has fascinated so many for so long. This is such a cool way to bring it to us. Take the tour. I love how the guide takes you up close so you can almost touch it. Love the history within history even tho what the consul did makes me angry. The story is laid out before you.

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justreddis t1_jcir14e wrote

Although way before the consul’s time the tomb had long been ransacked multiple times.

I was doing the free tour and was wondering where the burial chamber was. Turned out the chamber was so badly damaged and defaced it looked like a random messy construction site.

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smurb15 t1_jcjbuv1 wrote

I guess for anyone not living in the area it would be a peice of history to forever preserve but I could see locals just trying to make ends meet and you know you could makes a fortune off some tombs

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Inner_Doctor5987 t1_jcl2bo8 wrote

Do you know a book on Ramses II? I have recently been enamored by ancient Egypt, and I want to dive in.

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Bentresh t1_jcu94hk wrote

Peter Brand’s Ramesses II, Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh is coming out next month and will be the best overview of the reign of Ramesses II.

In the meantime, Kitchen’s classic Pharaoh Triumphant: The Life and Times of Ramesses II, King of Egypt is well worth a read. Some of his conclusions are questionable, particularly those centering on the Exodus and other biblical matters, but there’s no Egyptologist alive who’s more familiar with the historical texts of the Ramesside period.

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Inner_Doctor5987 t1_jcvgu9x wrote

Thank you. That's exciting news.

Do you have more? Like, I've also struggled to find literature on the empire cycle.

Now that I've read on Tut, I'm reading on Akanaten.

After that, I want to read on Cleopatra and maybe the Ptolimaic era.

Have you read 12 Ceasars? It looks like a great, fluid picture of the Roman empire, but does it focus on those dictators or does it look at the culture and politics as a whole?

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