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cm0002 to History@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month ago

Why Does This Newly Discovered 2,000-Year-Old Stone Slab Depict a Roman Emperor as an Egyptian Pharaoh?

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Why Does This Newly Discovered 2,000-Year-Old Stone Slab Depict a Roman Emperor as an Egyptian Pharaoh?

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The sandstone monument shows Tiberius standing next to a family of local gods. Archaeologists say the scene illustrates the ruler's role as a leader who upheld cosmic order in Egyptian society
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    Because he was?

    Well, pharaoh, anyway, as explained in the article. Kind of like the UK monarch today also being the monarch of all the nations of the commonwealth.

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      Something something Ptolemy?

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