This Egyptian Pyramid Worker Wrote the World’s First Journal - and It’s Strange
The Pyramids of Giza stand as one of the Eight Wonders of the World - and one worker told the story of his role in building the Ancient Egyptian tombs. The Diary of Merer follows Merer and his 200 men, including Idjeru and Hesi, as they labor to build the towering structures in a story often overlooked in writing history.
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-Intro by Quantum Jazz: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Qu...
-Background Loop - "Dances and Dames" by Kevin MacLeod: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ke...
Other sources:
-"The log book of Inspector Merer from Wadi al Jarf and the pyramid of Cheops / Khufu" by Roger Pearse
"The World's Oldest Papyrus and What It Can Tell Us About the Great Pyramids" by Alexander Stille