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To: SunkenCiv

“The Story of Wenamun” — fascinating, i’ve not heard of that before. Thank you! i’m going to read that!


22 posted on 06/03/2024 6:10:22 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: Cronos

There’s an evocative scene in the text, where Wenamon is pleading his case to a Phoenician king, who is (if memory serves) seated on a sort of knee-wall or windowsill with the waves washing the Mediterranean shoreline below.


24 posted on 06/03/2024 6:13:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Cronos

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1087/the-report-of-wenamun-text—commentary/


26 posted on 06/03/2024 6:16:31 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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