Now we know why it had to be snakes...
January 23, 2007 5:34 PM Subscribe

Snakes off a pharaoh - possible earliest semitic text seems to involve getting those mummy-loving snakes out of King Unas' mummy-loving tomb.
posted by Flitcraft (4 comments total)

Fascinating, thanks.
posted by Abiezer at 6:54 PM on January 23, 2007

fascinating thanks
posted by Wilder at 2:56 AM on January 24, 2007

sorry, didn't mean to sound like an echo chamber! The blog link is particularly interesting.
posted by Wilder at 2:57 AM on January 24, 2007

I've been in that tomb. It is really cool on the inside. The outside, not so much. It is very near one of the somewhat rare step-pyramids.
posted by Tullius at 6:20 AM on January 24, 2007

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Now we know why it had to be snakes... January 23, 2007 5:34 PM Subscribe

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