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🗓️ 1 December 2023
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John asks 'What are your thoughts on the news that we are starting to be able to read some of the carbonised scrolls from Herculaneum. What do you think will be found when we can read them? What would you love to be located, rediscovered?'
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0:00.0 | Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of ancient warfare answers with me, Murray. |
0:10.4 | A couple of things today in the last ancient warfare podcast where I interviewed Joe Ball. |
0:15.5 | Some of you pointed out indeed that I have cut my hair and shave my beard as I have. |
0:20.1 | So firstly, I had to perform the |
0:22.9 | role of fall staff in an opera. And so I grew the beard, but my wife was not happy with |
0:29.6 | the beard. My daughters liked it, but my wife said, winds are coming off. So I'd had it for |
0:34.4 | 10 months. And so I shaved it. So this was the me before I had the beard last year. |
0:39.4 | And of course, then cut the hair too. |
0:41.1 | So the hair is now shorter, floppier. |
0:44.1 | And I look about 12, apparently, according to some of the people who know me. |
0:48.2 | So that's the first thing. |
0:49.2 | Second thing, oh, look at this. |
0:50.5 | It's another postcard for ancient warfare answers. |
0:53.8 | So it's going to go up on my shelf in |
0:54.9 | just a second it's from francesco from greece now unfortunately francesco asks something i know nothing |
1:01.2 | about so i'm going to have to do some research on your uh postcard francesco but i will get onto that |
1:06.1 | i've already got several tabs open about uh the uh question you're, and I'll give a heads up here. |
1:14.2 | If you wanted to build ancient weapons or armor with modern materials, what would you choose |
1:18.2 | and why? |
1:18.9 | So I've already got several tabs open for that answer, but I will do more research before I can get |
1:25.0 | to it. |
1:25.2 | But don't fret, I have got your postcard. |
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