Egyptologists uncover rare tombs from before the Pharaohs

Re:Egyptologists uncover rare tombs from before the Pharaohs by lastofthemojito on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @09:34PM (#26976479)

Apparently it was coined by Alger Hiss, but I've seen Jason Kottke use the term "The Great Span" to describe this phenomenon of a small number of generations spanning surprisingly long periods of time.

Looking at that tag on kottke.org, the top few results are a Civil War widow dying in 2020, John Tyler (president in 1841) having a living grandson, and a 2020 interview with the son of a formerly enslaved person. Wild stuff.

https://kottke.org/tag/The%20Great%20Span

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Re:Egyptologists uncover rare tombs from before the Pharaohs by apotheon on Saturday May 01, 2021 @01:10PM (#27007882)

Just for the sake of those who might misunderstand this comment:

She wasn't a "Civil War widow" per se. She was not widowed by the death of her husband in the Civil War. She was seventeen years old in 1936, and married a ninety-three year old Civil War veteran. She was the widow of a Civil War veteran.

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