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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by londons_explore on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @01:34AM (#31176683)
Remember this is translated by archaeologists, and most of them go into the profession thinking about mummies.

I suspect whenever they come across a symbol they don't understand to translate, they might just assume it means "ooh, it must mean wrapping my father"!

TL;DR:. Translator bias could be hitting hard...

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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by f1refly on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @03:01AM (#31177117)
No. We have a good grasp of how ancient Egypt worked. Archeologists also don't go into the profession "thinking about mummies", archeology is a respectable, evidence-based profession. Do you think the whole field of archeology is a joke?0 There are lots of dual-language pieces that have been used to verify an accurate translation of these very inscriptions.
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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by alsetmusic on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @09:49PM (#31187951)
Not least of which, the Rosetta Stone has three: Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone

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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by frupert52 on Saturday April 30, 2022 @04:10AM (#31214262)
For a long time archeology was simply known as “digging” and following that “digging for things”
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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by junon on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @03:22AM (#31177220)
Do you have any authority on the subject of archeological academic misconduct or are you speculating?

No, archeologists do not go into the field "thinking about mummies". This isn't Hollywood.

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