Treasures of Ancient Egypt
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Museum of Egypt, Is It Political?
There is an element of doing that aged old thing, which is wrapping yourself up in divine sense of kingship. So you see it more in the ptolemies. The same thing's probably happening earlier on in egyptian history. We know with rameses the third, you know, x rays and sty scans show that he had his throat cut. You i think, you've got to keep people onside. And that's where some one like hatchep sut, who rules a few generations beforerameses the second, kept people on side. I fully believe it will open by the end of next year, and i'm sure it will be very impressive
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