If I could time travel and had the opportunity to visit and tell my teenage self that I would develop an appreciation for history in the near future, I think I would have popped myself square in the teeth, without hesitation. When I was younger, I positively despised anything historical (that’s a bold assertion, but it’s true) because I had convinced myself any historical material was boring. Why did I do this to myself, you might ponder? I really don’t have an explanation aside from pure idiocy, to be entirely honest.
Thankfully, I grew the fuck up and came to realize just how ignorant I was being towards history as a concept. I never considered investigating history outside of what was covered in high school, and once I managed to process this glaring example of free will, I found myself enjoying it far more thoroughly than I ever thought possible. Presently, I love it, and most of the television I watch has some sort of historical affiliation.
I recently watched “Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb” on Netflix and I cannot recommend it enough to anyone who either enjoys history or archaeology, although a preference for both would be ideal. Not for purposes relevant to the documentary, but, rather, because I will refrain from assuming you’re being daft like my former, immature self.
The film depicts the discovery of a lifetime at the hands of Egyptian archaeologists who uncovered a tomb that has been buried for 4,400 years, along with their discovery process and progress. I absolutely loved it and found it to be fascinating; not only that such a stunning creation was made so long ago, but, additionally, ancient Egyptian life and culture as a whole. I think they were highly intelligent and gifted people whose stories deserve to be told, and that is exactly what this film does with respect to the tumb in question, and its inhabitants. Give it a watch.
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