Oh, hey, it's your camp counselor.

There's only two years older than you, but seems just ancient.

Alley Ward, back with another episode of Oligies.

This episode has been roughly 11 years in the making.

Well, I guess 5,000 years in the making.

Now listen, if you're already into Egyptology, this episode offers kind of a different look at Egyptian history

and its parallels to our culture now.

If you have no knowledge of Egyptology at all, don't worry.

We're going to talk about cats, intumes, and hieroglyphs, and ancient aliens.

That's going to happen also.

But first, a quick thanks to the patrons at patreon.com, slash allergies,

who donate a dollar or more a month just to keep the podcast going.

You're doing it.

This podcast, which this week was in the top 10 science podcast on iTunes.

Thank you as always for that.

It's made totally independently, patrons fund it.

So I can hire an editor and get these out on time every Tuesday.

So thank you to everyone who supports a show.

Also, by putting allergiesmerch.com items onto your body.

The link is in the show notes.

We have a bunch of fall colleges new stuff up that's just excellent.

It's very scholastic looking.

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