Anita Arnand
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 10 Jun
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Empire: World History · 362. Ancient Egypt: Great Kings of The Bronze Age (Ep 1) · 24 May 2026
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But I mean, some of his stuff is beautiful.
And, you know, he writes in beautiful metaphors.
I mean, things like, you know, I'm like a bird in a trap.
My field is a wife without a husband.
And that's, he's talking about hunger and famine and desperation.
He writes in pictures.
He writes beautifully.
Yes, he does.
Well, I mean, but some of the things are awful.
He's saying in Byblos, he's telling the pharaoh that you've got to do something.
People are selling their sons and daughters in Yerimuta for food.
You know, they're just swapping their kin because everybody is starving and still nobody comes.
It doesn't paint a very good picture of governance from the pharaohs.
more from him yeah yeah why do you keep right i mean why do you why do you why do you alone keep writing to me he writes back and those are the ones we we have i mean let's not forget there may be some that were you know on the back of donkeys reduced to dust exactly you know sort of grew cucumbers or leaks in the end i mean those are just the ones we have our hands on it wasn't it wasn't just you know sort of the trials and tribulations that were facing him and the people around him that he wrote about willie i mean he was he was also bothered about gold wasn't he gold is
But can I just say, I mean, just again, let's just take one moment and pinch ourselves that we have got an insight into these squabbles and complaining and, you know, the sibling rivalries from the 14th century BCE.
I mean, it's just mind blowing from all of these places, you know, sort of ancient Jerusalem, as well as, you know, all these other places that you've talked about.
Do you not find that sometimes, Eric, you know, have you held them?
Actually, have you held them in your hand, these letters?
Have you touched them?
But 14th century BCE, I mean, when they put them in your hand, did you have to wear gloves and a suit of armor or something?
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