These illustrations are in tribute to two history podcasts. The first is the Egyptian History Podcast. Episode 24, which recently came out, covers the first Intermediate Period of Egyptian History. A poorly understood time. The period saw global cooling, reduction of the flow of the Nile, expansion of the Sahara Desert, barbarians from the Sahara entered into the Nile Valley and the political unification of the Old Kingdom deteriorated.
The second podcast is Stuff you Missed in History Class. In one of their recent episodes they talked about mummification.
I have always liked mummies, I would rather be a mummy than an vampire. In both cases you live forever, but as a mummy you get a lot of sleep. Vampires are sexy but are always hungry for blood, not worth it.
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