Magical Birth Bricks
Looking into how Ancient Egyptians gave birth, I wasn’t expecting to run into magical birth bricks. But here we are….
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Ancient Metalwork Tidbits
I discussed a fair bit of metalwork in Ancient Egypt in the post Goldwork for the Golden Calf. In this…
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Ancient Egyptian Carpentry
Wagons & Carts In addition to using the Nile and its distributaries for transportation over water, the Egyptians created packed…
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Soap & Cleaning Materials of Ancient Egypt
Now soap is something I know well, being a soapmaker when I’m not a writer. But using a digital scale…
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The Lights of the Exodus
So what sort of lighting did folks use in Egypt during the New Kingdom? Oddly, most sources say there are…
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Goldwork for the Golden Calf
Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought such great sin upon them?”…
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From the Red Sea to Marah
Once our travelers cross the Red Sea and find themselves on the Arabian Peninsula, they watch the Egyptian soldiers drown,…
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How Far Can an Army Throw?
Along the dry path between the walls of water that pass through the Red Sea, the last group of Hebrews…
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The Morning Watch
Instead of using modern hours and minutes, the Ancient day was broken up into descriptive chunks of time. The nighttime…
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Exodus Timekeeping
My time travelers, naturally, think of time in hours and minutes. One of them even has a digital watch. But…
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Finding North in the Ancient World
Question: Would a modern-day teen, trained in using the north star for directions when camping/hiking, notice a difference in how…
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