How Baboons Led Us to a Lost Civilization
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Publicado 2024-07-23
Everyone knows where Punt is, right? The Ancient Egyptians sure did — they traded with them for millennia. But apparently they were so familiar with its location, they never bothered to write it down for posterity. So archaeologists have been trying to find Punt for over a century...and they may have finally done it.
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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Posh sounding Egyptian - "you don't know where Punt is? everyone who is anyone knows."
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The "Maybe Pwnt is Adilus?" theory makes me imagine that some archaeologist 4000 years from now is going to blow minds when they propose that Istanbul is Constantinople.
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In the future: WHERE IS THIS MART OF WALLS?!
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I dunno about Thoth being pleased. He's the god of knowledge, but also more specifically the god of scribes. Maybe he'd be disappointed they never bothered to WRITE IT DOWN!
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I misread the title and was a lot more intrigued before i realised my mistake: "How Baboons lead to a lost civilization" - as in, how they caused one
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How do you lose a whole civilization? You forget to cherish it :(
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The mitochondrial DNA is the powerhouse of the anthropology.
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I read the YT notification for this video as "How balloons led us to a lost civilization." Wow, I really need new glasses. LOL
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Hm maybe I'll go through my recipes and write "chicken" next to every mention of eggs.
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when i was a kid i had pet hermit crabs, and when they died we burried them as we do with all of our pets, but we wrapped them in paper towels and put them in a ziplock so the local cats wouldn't dig them up. i've always thought about the moment a confused archeologist will dig up a seashell in a plastic bag and wondered what they'll think
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Here's a topic: When did tongues become a thing? What was the first animal with a tongue?
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The mummy of Hatshepsut was lost for decades but when it was finally found they ran DNA analysis and detected that she suffered from Bilharzia and also died from a dental abscess. She was the Mother of Imhotep III and a fierce military strategist and the only female pharaoh during a time of prosperity. She was extremely cool!
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Hi Stefan! This is one of the greatest blendings of scientific disciplines I've ever seen.
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Are we sure there's only one place or region designated as Punt? If the Egyptians set out to 're-discover' it after a few centuries of no contact, wouldn't there be a high risk of a Columbusesque India-America confusion?
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In the future they may think we're weird for eating eggs, period. Kid in class "they ate animals?" Teacher "dead animals. And they burned them" Entire class "GROSS!"
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Random guy on the internet today: get Pwnt! Ancient egyptians: let's go to Pwnt!
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Kinda seemed that the ancient art of the baboons also match the physical descrip of P. hamadryas, at least with the big ear floofs.
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"the writer probably didn't think the actual ruler of Punt was a golden snake"! Wow, impressive when compared to how some believe in things just because it was written in a book of their choice
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This is SO COOL. Adored learning about this process.
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This would've made a very interesting episode of I.M. Weasel (spin-off from Cow and Chicken) where I.R. Baboon would be revered as a god in Punt, but at a cost of being mummified or being offered to the sacrificial pyres. And then comedic hyjinx ensues 😆
