Anita Arnand

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?

I mean, just what did it feel like to touch them?

Eric, I mean, we're talking about Jerusalem, we're talking about Canaanites, and your brain immediately goes to religion.

Let's talk about religion, shall we?

Because in ancient Egypt, it was a come one, come all for many years.

About 1,500 named gods existed in ancient Egypt.

Well, or are they all accepted as Egyptian gods?

You know, just I suppose as a sort of regional variations on these are all Egyptian gods.