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Truly great article, and surprisingly lives up entirely to the very click-bait sounding title. The writer has a great mix of anecdotes, facts, and images. I fe
by loufe 2y ago
Truly great article, and surprisingly lives up entirely to the very click-bait sounding title. The writer has a great mix of anecdotes, facts, and images.
I feel like we don't often hear about times where these civilizations and religions mingled and worked together. The Isis temple would have been something to see.
- loufe 2y agoFun fact, if anyone else noticed the spelling of pottery "sherds" and thought it was a typo for "shards", apparently it's an alternatively spelling favoured in archeological circles.
- bumbledraven 2y agoAgreed. I was impressed by the amount of interesting info and the well-written delivery. I found the bio of the author, Jo Marchant, on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00B9DBJ3E/about https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00B9DBJ3E/about): > [Marchant] has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology from St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College in London, and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London. She previously worked as a senior editor at New Scientist and at Nature, and her articles have appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian and Smithsonian magazine.