thatlittleegyptologist:

nathanielthecurious:

what was even going on in roman egypt. what fucking purpose is any of this serving

#paging my egyptuals (egypt mutuals)#this is probably not y'alls period at all but still#??#i guess its a purity thing?? via @kalli-pygos

You know when people ask Egyptologists why they kinda stop the periods of Egypt they learn with the Late Period/Early Hellenistic, and then try to pretend Roman Egypt doesn’t exist? It’s because Roman Egypt is like this, and it needs a Roman historian to tell you what they’re doing because none of it’s recognisable to us.

Is any of this in previous periods of Egypt? No.
Can I be of use here in explaining what’s happening? No.
What are Romans? wejustdon'tknowbird.jpg
Can you get rid of Romans? No. Like many terrible things, you have to wait for them to go away on their own.

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