[jbattle]

To be pedantic, these aren't really the "ancient Egyptians" people usually imagine. King Ramses and Tut and that lot. When these people were buried, Egypt had already been ruled by Greeks and Romans for 300 years (longer than the USA has been a country).

Beautiful art nonetheless. It is mind-blowing how old Egyptian culture is, my mind has never been able to wrap around it. And then the centuries or millennia of settled prehistory before that!

[dotancohen]

For context, during the time that Constantine's mother was converting Rome to Christianity, Tutankhamun was as ancient as Constantine is today. During the time that Gengis Khan was conquering the Slavs, Constantine was as ancient as Gengis Khan is today. During the time that apples were falling on Newton's head, Gengis Khan was as old as Newton is today. During the time that Beethoven was going deaf, Newton was as old as Beethoven is today. During the time that the Red Baron was nicking off checkmarks on the cowl of his Fokker, Beethoven was as old as the Red Baron is today. When Gene Cernan last lifted his boot out of the regolith, the Red Baron was as old as Cernan's footprint is today.

It's the only way I can comprehend these timescales.

[petesergeant]

I'd be interested to see something like this[0] but with all of written history

https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/01/horizontal-history.html

[dotancohen]

Actually, my answer covers more than half of written history, so to get the whole thing only a single line needs to be added at the beginning. Something like this:

During the time that Tutankhamun was reestablishing the ceremonies that his father dissolved, grapes had already been used for winemaking for as long as Tutankhamun's mummy had rested under the sands of Egypt until just recently disturbed.

[triyambakam]

Well written!

[singularity2001]

Yes these were "Roman Egyptians". However even before that the genes of red haired pharaohs were very Mediterranean / Anatolian :

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15694

[ROTMetro]

Egypts first female pharaoh was described in contemporary texts as being blonde.

[RcouF1uZ4gsC]

The Egyptians in the article are closer in time to us, than they were to the building of the Great Pyramid.