The Egyptian
by Mika Waltari · first published 1949
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“The Egyptian” by Mika Waltari is a bit rare in English but it’s really a stupefyingly good historical novel. There is also a Hollywood film from 1954 but can’t really recommend it. The book is timeless, and describes…
on “Beyond Mantel: Historical novels” ↗…looking to find works to read) are a good choice. Similarly, there's a lot of Finnish literature in Finnish which Finnish people spend time reading, some of which is translated to many, many languages. The Egyptian by Mika Waltari is one of those classics. Not nearly everyone here knows English well. TV shows and movies are usually subtitled as well, save for kids' shows. Finland does however have three mandatory…
on “German Large Language Model Released” ↗I think the author should read The Egyptian by Mika Waltari
on “How to Escape the Modern Rat Race” ↗…1332 to 1323. From that alone we might suppose why a bit of proper iron was more valuable than gold. (the Hittite secret of iron wasn't for another 275 years despite Mika Waltari's poignant novel "The Egyptian" which had the Hittites flashing their iron about the court of King Tut)
on “King Tut's dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms” ↗>Hittite secret of iron wasn't for another 275 years despite Mika Waltari's poignant novel "The Egyptian" which had the Hittites flashing their iron about the court of King Tut I think several sources are saying that Hittites had some iron artifacts already around 1800 BC and had iron works in 1380 BC?…
on “King Tut's dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms” ↗