convolutedThinker t1_j3r6dzb wrote on January 10, 2023 at 2:52 PM Reply to comment by faithfoliage in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom I listened to a lecture once where the professor said that the Egyptians didn’t record their losses. You knew that a war was going badly when the recorded victories were becoming closer and closer to the capital. Permalink Parent 107
convolutedThinker t1_j3r6dzb wrote
Reply to comment by faithfoliage in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
I listened to a lecture once where the professor said that the Egyptians didn’t record their losses. You knew that a war was going badly when the recorded victories were becoming closer and closer to the capital.