There’s actually a lot of ancient graffiti from the ancient greeks and romans on the inside and outside of the pyramids at Giza. Things like “[name] was here” and “I went inside and did not like anything but the sarcophagus”. Also “I cannot read these hieroglyphs” followed by a second person “Why do you care you cannot read them”
3000 years ago they were already 1000 years old.
This is a repost from a 1000 years ago.
This was around the time the Memeluk Sultanate ruled Egypt, yeah?
This gets glossed over a lot. The pyramids were ancient even for the ancient Egyptians. That’s really crazy to think about.
People are capable of some really awesome stuff.
If I remember correctly the Romans went there and looked at them for tourism.
There’s actually a lot of ancient graffiti from the ancient greeks and romans on the inside and outside of the pyramids at Giza. Things like “[name] was here” and “I went inside and did not like anything but the sarcophagus”. Also “I cannot read these hieroglyphs” followed by a second person “Why do you care you cannot read them”
Assassins Creed Origins is a fantastic example of that.