Oh, hello. Okay, so two things. One, we won the 2022 Webby for Best Host, which feels

like an awkward thing for a host to announce, but I'm very shocked and proud. I'm a little

ashamed of how proud I am, not shockingly. But anyway, if you listened to last week's

Toothology Encore about Squids, you may know I'm up in my folks helping my dad through

some cancer treatments. And so while we head off to radiation, please enjoy this Encore

from 2018, which is just so chock full of word, facts and history and allergies. Okay.

Oh, hey, it's your all dadward bond podcast. Just slip it into your life to chat with you

about ancient toilets, buried treasure and Roman rulers. Oh, this episode, it's been

simmering for millennia. And if you listened to Egyptology, you'll already have kind of a

wee primer on the hot empire gossip. We're about to unleash. But first, just a quick thanks.

Thank you to all the patrons at patreon.com slash allergies for supporting as little as a

quarter an episode of Bucca month gets you in that club. And thanks to everyone getting

merch at allergies merch.com. And for no money, you can support just by telling some friends,

maybe some co workers, some enemies about the show, also rating and subscribing on iTunes

keeps this boat afloat and reviewing just makes my day because sometimes I'm tired or

sad. And then I see a nice thing you said. So this week, I creep the review of sexy bitch.

They say, you know that thing that happens when you meet someone at a party and realize

that you both love the same science podcast. And then you freak out and talk about it in

a mile a minute while everyone around you is like, what's the problem right now? If the

answer is no, you've never listened to allergies. This episode list is like the menu at an amazing

restaurant. Literally anything you choose is a good idea. Thank you, sexy bitch. Okay.

Archaeology. Let's get into the etymology really quick. Archaeology comes from the Greek

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