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CharonsLittleHelper t1_iwcbd0e wrote

Reply to comment by kromem in Slaves were brutally branded in ancient Egypt, research shows by Rear-gunner

To be fair though - ancient Egypt is known for expunging their histories of things that made them look bad.

So a lack of historical records itself isn't super surprising.

This isn't evidence that it DID happen either though.

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Bentresh t1_iwcirc1 wrote

Egyptian kings certainly portrayed themselves positively to an unrealistic degree in their monumental inscriptions on temples, obelisks, rock-cut monuments, etc., but it should be noted there are a number of unflattering incidents mentioned in Egyptian literature and archival texts. I listed some examples in this r/academicbiblical thread.

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