“…The Roman Empire is closer to us in time than the Old kingdom of Egypt was to the Roman Empire”
Of course it is. May 29th 1453 AD, at the gates of Konstantinoupolis, wasn’t that long ago.
Really interesting and thorough article though – Atenism was a thing, wasn’t it.
M Blanc
4 years ago
The abnormal thing about the election of President Trump is that for the first time since 1860″“61, the opposition refused to accept the result. That ended badly the first time. It will end badly this time.
I got so caught up in the Egyptian story that I forgot its relevance to the original subject. When I saw it was Corbyn, the bathos was palpable.
Haha!
“…The Roman Empire is closer to us in time than the Old kingdom of Egypt was to the Roman Empire”
Of course it is. May 29th 1453 AD, at the gates of Konstantinoupolis, wasn’t that long ago.
Really interesting and thorough article though – Atenism was a thing, wasn’t it.
The abnormal thing about the election of President Trump is that for the first time since 1860″“61, the opposition refused to accept the result. That ended badly the first time. It will end badly this time.