And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Hieroglyphic writing on the wall of the mortuary temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu on the western bank of Luxor, Egypt, built around 1186-1156 BC
There used to be a full wall from Queen Hatshepsut's tomb in the Royal Ontario Museum. I would sit in front of it for hours studying it, imagining what it said. I finally found out. It was a list of tribute gifts and obligations from various countries and nobles. A gift list!
If the position of two blocks bottom right are reversed the entire wall can be translated as a Norm MacDonald yarn ending with the punchline, "the light was on."
Translation:
ReplyDeleteWe want to talk about an extended warranty on your chariot for the afterlife.
“Did you know the warranty on your chariot was about to expire? Don’t allow unplanned expenses to ruin your plans…”
DeleteIt reads like the terms in your average auto extended warranty.
ReplyDeleteIn an alphabet of emojis.
DeleteThere used to be a full wall from Queen Hatshepsut's tomb in the Royal Ontario Museum. I would sit in front of it for hours studying it, imagining what it said. I finally found out. It was a list of tribute gifts and obligations from various countries and nobles. A gift list!
ReplyDeleteIf the position of two blocks bottom right are reversed the entire wall can be translated as a Norm MacDonald yarn ending with the punchline, "the light was on."
ReplyDeleteIt says don't take the brown acid.
ReplyDelete