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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to Antiquities, Part 4

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Sharon Handy

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Let's return to the sleepy sands of Egypt and finish our exploration of religious architecture, with symbolic temples, towering obelisks, and shrines that held...puppets, apparently? Who knew!

 

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0:00.0

Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime.

0:08.0

I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some

0:17.3

sleep.

0:19.4

Before we begin, I'd like to give a special shout out of thanks to two new members of our

0:24.8

Patreon family, Mark and Shannon. Thank you both so much for supporting this

0:31.1

podcast by becoming members of Patreon. much for everyone, and it's very much appreciated.

0:44.0

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0:47.6

and finding out more about the perks available to subscribers,

0:51.4

including exclusive monthly episodes,

0:54.0

heard nowhere else, you'll find a link to Patreon in the show description.

0:59.8

You'll also find a link to buy me a coffee.com where you can support us with a one-time tip,

1:06.5

no subscription required. I hope you'll take a moment to check them out.

1:25.0

Now, let's read and relax. Find a comfortable spot. Adjust your volume. Take a nice deep breath in.

1:29.0

Let it out slowly.

1:32.0

And off we go. Let it out slowly.

1:33.5

And off we go.

1:36.5

Tonight we're returning to a wonderful exploration of the past, the manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt

1:48.2

for the use of students and travelers,

1:51.8

Baguestan Camille Charles Maspero, D.C. L. Oxford,

1:58.0

member of the Institute of France, Professor at the College of France, France, ex-director-General of Egyptian museums,

2:09.0

translated by Amelia B. Edwards.

2:14.0

Published in 1895 in a new edition, revised and enlarged by the author,

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