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I think it's more likely that the men had to take over household tasks while their wives were on the rag.
Hm. Why would they have to take over? Women on their period are not invalids. Though maybe the weren't allowed to do household tasks?
(only thing worse is the actual slavery of course which thankfully is now not all that prevalent)
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I'm pretty sure the poster above you is referring to the differences between the number of letters in the following words: "CLEOPATRA" is closer to "MOON LANDING" than "THE BUILDING OF THE PYRAMIDS". Actually its the distance in time.
I think the question was sarcastic
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A lot of those are related to death: 5 WRAPPING (THE CORPSE OF) HIS MOTHER 2 WRAPPING (THE CORPSE OF) HIS SON 1 EMBALMING HORMOSE 1 EMBALMING HIS BROTHER 1 MOURNING HIS SON 3 LIBATING TO HIS FATHER 13 and I suspect most of these: 8 WITH THE SCRIBE 1 OFF ABSENT WITH THE SCRIBE 5 FETCHING STONE FOR THE SCRIBE 2 FETCHING STONE FOR QENHERKHEPSHEF 1 LIBATING FOR HIS SON 1 LIBATING FOR HIM 1 LIBATING 2 BURYING THE GOD 21 a…
Remember this is translated by archaeologists, and most of them go into the profession thinking about mummies. I suspect whenever they come across a symbol they don't understand to translate, they might just assume it means "ooh, it must mean wrapping my father"! TL;DR:. Translator bias could be hitting hard...
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> I think the 7-day week is more of a statement about how effective the Judeo-Christian culture has imposed a modern week on the rest of the world. The 7-day week originated in Sumerian Babylon culture from 2100 BC and has to do with quartering moon phases. I worry when seeing many things attributed to "Judeo-Christian culture" which actually originated from other cultures, many aspects of what's in "Judeo-Christian…
They definitely didn’t invent it, but I would say it’s fair to give Christianity itself credit for converting Rome to a 7 day week & then most of the rest of the world after. It takes a religion with certain characteristics to accomplish that.
How so? Constantinus was the one who committed to the change and the day names were after the Roman Gods. Even today, we're using Viking names, like today happens to be Odin's Day, tomorrow's going to be Thor's Day and the day after is going to be Freya's Day. I'm not sure it is reasonable or rational to "credit Christianity itself".
>be 1178 BC Egyptian working >working my ass off on the pyramids every day >no days off >my wife has really bad period have to take off work >goddammit.png >boss gives me shit for missing work >embarrassed I tell him reason I missed work >he writes it down >MRW 3200 years later people are judging me and my wife
I used to live in a scorpion-rich environment and can attest that a sting should disqualify one from manual labor for a day. I found that every time I was stung though the effects were less and less. The last time I was stung was a minor nuisance at most. I would advise, if you find yourself living with scorpions, to check your shoes, by shaking them out, before putting them on.
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Interesting that the dates are "Month 3 of Summer, Day 24" etc. The curious bit to me being the enduring use of 4 distinct seasons, when there are obviously other ways to mark a year. Is anyone aware of a culture that did/does not have exactly 4 seasons?
Apparently the Sami (Lapps) have/had 8 seasons. https://www.amazon.co.uk/People-Eight-Seasons-story-Lapps/dp...