Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:Can you help me with some research, please?
1. Did you learn about the Ancient Egyptians at school...probably primary/elementary school?
2. Do you remember the fuss over the "Treasures of Tutankhamun" exhibition at the British Museum in 1972? Did you go? (Age dependent, that one, but it also went to the US and Germany among other countries)
3. Have you seen the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments" (Charlton Heston/Yul Brynner) or the 1998 animated musical "The Prince of Egypt"?
4. Have you read Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile" or seen one or more of the adaptations?
If you can say yes to those, you probably know at least as much about Ancient Egypt as I did a few months ago. I know a little more now (scratching the surface!) and a travelogue is starting to take shape.
Thanks for your help!
1. Born in 1958 (duh!) Learned about ancient Egypt in primary school.
2. I live at the opposite end of the earth from the UK, so no, that one passed me by as a kid.
3. Saw the Ten Commandments, not seen the Prince of Egypt.
4. Not read the book, but have seen a few film and TV adaptations.
My wife on the other hand can answer a resounding yes yes to all of those, including primary, secondary and tertiary study of ancient Egypt and a later-in-life awareness of the exhibition; she’s an archaeologist, not as common an occupation in Australia as it seems to be in the UK and Europe. She was also very disappointed when the Australian leg of a much later exhibition (Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh) planned for 2021 was cancelled due to Covid; we’d have been definitely going otherwise. She’s seen both movies, read the book a couple of times and seen numerous adaptations. Puts me to shame really.