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... that the entrance of
Djoser’s pyramid complex
features columns fashioned to resemble bundled reeds and ceiling blocks carved into the shape of tree trunks
(pictured)
?
... that, according to
Herodotus
,
Pharaoh
Psamtik I
conducted an
experiment to discover the origin of language
, and found that
Phrygian
was the oldest language?
... that Ancient Egyptians were shocked by the
Greco-Roman
practice of
infanticide
, and would rescue abandoned babies from manure heaps?
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