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>Astonishingly, the papyri were written by men who participated in the building of the Great Pyramid, the tomb of the Pharaoh Khufu, the first and largest of th
by HillaryBriss 9y ago
>Astonishingly, the papyri were written by men who participated in the building of the Great Pyramid, the tomb of the Pharaoh Khufu, the first and largest of the three colossal pyramids at Giza ... the entries provide a never-before-seen snapshot of the ancients putting finishing touches on the Great Pyramid.
really amazing to learn that such documentation survives to this day. just amazing.
- fhood 9y agoIt's a good thing that Egypt is so dry.
- pjmlp 9y agoSadly we cannot say the same about our current digital knowledge.
- autokad 9y agoI'm sure they'll dig up quite a few AOL disks a couple thousand years from now
- tpeo 9y agoFunny thing how the invention of plastics might reverse the pattern of future artifacts. Valuable/costly artifacts are currently over-presented, since they were made either of stone or metal, as opposed to mud and wood.
- WalterBright 9y agoThere's still a blizzard of paper being printed.