Luke Caverns

And some of these people exist in a realm where in their little bubbles where they throw around the word racist all the time. And then when they get to the wider world where the rest of us exist, they find out very quickly that none of we don't throw that term around lightly and accuse people of these things.

And then, you know, at the end of the podcast, when he said, you know, the kind of temperature came down. And then I think maybe you asked something like, you know, well, what can people do to help archaeology? And he was like, oh, well, you can donate to the SAA. But the SAA is the one that wrote the letter. And it's like, oh, man, that's just – It's not a good look.

And then, you know, at the end of the podcast, when he said, you know, the kind of temperature came down. And then I think maybe you asked something like, you know, well, what can people do to help archaeology? And he was like, oh, well, you can donate to the SAA. But the SAA is the one that wrote the letter. And it's like, oh, man, that's just – It's not a good look.

And then, you know, at the end of the podcast, when he said, you know, the kind of temperature came down. And then I think maybe you asked something like, you know, well, what can people do to help archaeology? And he was like, oh, well, you can donate to the SAA. But the SAA is the one that wrote the letter. And it's like, oh, man, that's just – It's not a good look.

Several different times, like five different times. God. Mm-hmm.

Several different times, like five different times. God. Mm-hmm.

Several different times, like five different times. God. Mm-hmm.

Well, you know, so the first time Caesar is chasing his rival Pompey across the Mediterranean, and Pompey flees to Alexandria, and... Alexandria was kind of in the basket of Rome. The Ptolemies, who are the Greek pharaohs in Egypt – so the Greeks are controlling Egypt after Alexander comes in 332 BC. So Alexander dies. His best friend Ptolemy becomes pharaoh. So –

Well, you know, so the first time Caesar is chasing his rival Pompey across the Mediterranean, and Pompey flees to Alexandria, and... Alexandria was kind of in the basket of Rome. The Ptolemies, who are the Greek pharaohs in Egypt – so the Greeks are controlling Egypt after Alexander comes in 332 BC. So Alexander dies. His best friend Ptolemy becomes pharaoh. So –

Well, you know, so the first time Caesar is chasing his rival Pompey across the Mediterranean, and Pompey flees to Alexandria, and... Alexandria was kind of in the basket of Rome. The Ptolemies, who are the Greek pharaohs in Egypt – so the Greeks are controlling Egypt after Alexander comes in 332 BC. So Alexander dies. His best friend Ptolemy becomes pharaoh. So –

But the Ptolemies were very weak, not very good rulers. And so Rome kind of does like what the US does where they get pulled into conflicts. And then once they're there and they conquer everything, they seize all the power. And so Rome had done this to Egypt. And so they controlled Egypt and they were pulling all of their – they were keeping the Ptolemies in power.

But the Ptolemies were very weak, not very good rulers. And so Rome kind of does like what the US does where they get pulled into conflicts. And then once they're there and they conquer everything, they seize all the power. And so Rome had done this to Egypt. And so they controlled Egypt and they were pulling all of their – they were keeping the Ptolemies in power.

But the Ptolemies were very weak, not very good rulers. And so Rome kind of does like what the US does where they get pulled into conflicts. And then once they're there and they conquer everything, they seize all the power. And so Rome had done this to Egypt. And so they controlled Egypt and they were pulling all of their – they were keeping the Ptolemies in power.

the Roman soldiers were, and they were pulling all that grain into Egypt. And so Caesar follows Pompey, chases him to Alexandria, and so that Pompey can't flee, Caesar says, we'll burn the docks. Well, when you landed in Alexandria, you would land at this dock that went to a road called Soma Road. So you had Soma Road and Canopic Way, and it was like the street corner.

the Roman soldiers were, and they were pulling all that grain into Egypt. And so Caesar follows Pompey, chases him to Alexandria, and so that Pompey can't flee, Caesar says, we'll burn the docks. Well, when you landed in Alexandria, you would land at this dock that went to a road called Soma Road. So you had Soma Road and Canopic Way, and it was like the street corner.

the Roman soldiers were, and they were pulling all that grain into Egypt. And so Caesar follows Pompey, chases him to Alexandria, and so that Pompey can't flee, Caesar says, we'll burn the docks. Well, when you landed in Alexandria, you would land at this dock that went to a road called Soma Road. So you had Soma Road and Canopic Way, and it was like the street corner.

It must have been amazing to see in real life. Think about this. You have the Library of Alexandria, This is all in one block. You have the Library of Alexandria. You have the Museon, which is right next to it. So both together, they make the world's first university. And I mean, you can just imagine like walking through those halls. Across the street from that is Alexander's mausoleum.

It must have been amazing to see in real life. Think about this. You have the Library of Alexandria, This is all in one block. You have the Library of Alexandria. You have the Museon, which is right next to it. So both together, they make the world's first university. And I mean, you can just imagine like walking through those halls. Across the street from that is Alexander's mausoleum.

It must have been amazing to see in real life. Think about this. You have the Library of Alexandria, This is all in one block. You have the Library of Alexandria. You have the Museon, which is right next to it. So both together, they make the world's first university. And I mean, you can just imagine like walking through those halls. Across the street from that is Alexander's mausoleum.

So his mausoleum, we think the Emperor Hadrian, if you've heard of Hadrian before, that he modeled his mausoleum on Alexander's. So we kind of have an idea of like what the mausoleum may have looked like. And we have a marble statue of Alexander on top. So people are walking by every day in the middle of this town.