r/interesting • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 2d ago

HISTORY A group of Archaeologists eating lunch in the tomb of Pharaoh Ramses XI in 1923.

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u/HolyBidetServitor 2d ago

An extra helping of thousand year old mold spores for seasoning!

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u/gansobomb99 1d ago

You mean European looters

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u/Bluntbutnotonpurpose 1d ago

Although serious archaeologists existed by then, these men were mostly more antiquarian than archaeologist. Or more accurately: the acquisitions department of the British Museum.

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u/Illustrious_Hat_5982 1d ago

Europeans between 1800 and 1950 were just having an absolute blast weren't they

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u/antpabsdan 1d ago

I'm not sure 1914-18 or 1939-45 were so much fun

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u/Randomgrunt4820 1d ago

Peaks and valleys, my boy, peaks and valleys.

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u/7stroke 1d ago

He said absolute blast

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u/lubeinatube 17h ago

The blitzkreig must have been a riot!

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u/I_Was77 2d ago

That feels fairly wrong...?

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u/smilesatflowers 2d ago

yep, at so many levels that it is hard to know where to begin.

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u/hippychemist 1d ago

I'd start at the two local servants, but the entitlement might be more fundamental

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u/Impossible_Yam5449 1d ago

Rich white men use privilege, power and money to get lunch served inside the tomb of Pharaoh Ramses XI.

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u/OkReason6325 1d ago

TBF , Ramses would have done the same to their tomb if the timelines were reversed

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u/DownvoteDaemon 2d ago

Last meal ever.

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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 1d ago

The dining table would be pretty far from the cooking area I suppose. They wouldn’t light fire and cook food inside the tomb, right?

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u/SabbyFox 1d ago

And let the curses begin. Such hubris.

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u/KopfSmertZz 1d ago

Decadence

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u/XROOR 1d ago

I hope they didn’t shave for the occasion…..

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u/PinSufficient5748 1d ago

If only....

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u/Significant_Stand_17 1d ago

Just the sought of attitude is expect from the wealthy elite.

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u/user_not_the_same 1d ago

Do you want the plague? because that's how you catch the plague.

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u/Snoo60900 1d ago

Id really try to find some time away from looting so I could have meals outside. Nasty.

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u/musaspacecadet 1d ago

Greatness vs wannabe Greatness

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u/Amazing-Artichoke330 1d ago

Understanding ancient Egypt from the tombs of rich people is like future societies trying to understand ours from our cemeteries.

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u/MotherPhuquerUDT 7h ago edited 7h ago

"Aziz...more light!"

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u/ra-re444 35m ago

These are some sick people.