Horace LaBadie wrote:
In an archaeology-adjacent story from Leeds, researchers have re-created
the vocal tract of the mummified remains of an Ancient Egyptian priest, Nesyamun, to produce a sound, the first such experiment ever attempted.
<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-56316-y>
The more I think about this, the more offended I am by it.
Yes, offended.
Consider this:
You would never have known what a high priest or queen or anyone of
particular rank sounded like, in ancient times. They didn't have TV and
radio, the only way you could hear them is if you were close enough
when they spoke. Even if they did give an address from a balcony, say,
it wouldn't be their speaking voice. They'd have to be pretty loud for
a crowd to hear them...
The world didn't work the way we think it works, not in the past.
Hardly anyone heard Lincoln speak. They read his words. Speeches
are to look great in PRINT, voice didn't matter to the public.
We can't understand the past by imposing our world onto it.
THAT'S FUCKING CANCEL CULTURE!
Lincoln has to be viewed entirely within the terms of his own era, his
own culture if we are to understand him. Not "Know" him, as if we
could, but understand him.
This is true for all historical figures.
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