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A comment on 4,400 year old Egyptian tomb discovered in the Saqqara pyramid complex. Parent comment

Re:4,400 year old Egyptian tomb discovered in the Saqqara py... by Retric on Sunday December 16, 2018 @11:28PM (#18696895)
Cultures change over 4,000+ years enough to be unrecognizable.
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Re:4,400 year old Egyptian tomb discovered in the Saqqara py... by shard972 on Monday December 17, 2018 @08:11PM (#18703771)
A few rounds of immigration from the romans and subsequent conquerers tends to change your culture. Doesn't dismiss the fact that ancient Egyptians had a culturural context that anchored to the past as opposed to the present/future.
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