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Hello folks, Dominic here, for

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your semi-regular update. First,

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a quick update on the narrative. At

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the end of the last episode, number

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192b, I promised an episode about

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the temples and the places of

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Seth, his cult centers within Egypt.

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I need to delay that episode slightly

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within the narrative. There are

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two reasons for this. First of

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all, the episodes about Seth really

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outgrew their original plan. It

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was supposed to be one episode, number 192,

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that would cover the essentials. But

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it was kind of fun diving deep

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into that religious malaki, and I couldn't

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help myself but go even further. When

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it came to the temples though, I didn't

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really have a plan for covering them in

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great detail just yet. But

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thanks to listener feedback, I tried to kickstart

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that and move it forward a bit. Unfortunately,

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the actual evidence for the temples

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of Seth is not that well

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preserved for the reign of Seti

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I. Instead, it's

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going to be more productive if we

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talk about those temples in the reign

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of Seti's son, Ramesses II. Ramesses

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was a legendarily great builder.

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And many of the excavated temples that

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relate to Seth have evidence

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specifically from Ramesses II. By

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comparison, Seti I is quite

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poorly recorded within these temple

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sites. So despite

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my enthusiasm, I think

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it would be better if we talk about

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Seth's temples a little later in the narrative,

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in the reign of Ramesses II. For

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me, that's an object lesson in sticking

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to my original plan and not trying

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to insert episodes that I wasn't previously

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intending to do. My

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sincere apologies to anyone who's really holding out for

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the temples of Seth, and I know there are

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a few of you, but Rest

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assured, that episode will come. It.

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Would just better in the narrative. A

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little down the line. Secondly,

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we do have a couple of important

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updates. Festival. I'm about

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to hit to Egypt for this year's

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tour. The to at a Egypt is

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taking place from March third, Two March

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seventeenth, It's actually to to

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his back to back. Both have one

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week. The first week is dedicated to

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Old Kingdom monuments within the Cairo area

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and as includes a whole bunch of

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pyramids that are not normally open to

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the public. The. Second tour is

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based in looks Or and devoted to

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the New Kingdom. Once. Again, we

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have access to a bunch of

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royal tombs and monuments that are

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not normally accessible to the visiting

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tourists. This. To as going to

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be exciting and I look forward to meeting all of

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you who have signed up for it. For.

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Those who are interested in future to is

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and some of you have contacted me. We.

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Are in the final stages of planning a

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to up for early Twenty Twenty Five. This.

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Will be around February approximately.

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I'll make the announcement when everything is

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one hundred percent confirmed, all the hotel

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that booked and so forth. But if

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you're interested in visiting Egypt in early,

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twenty twenty five, now's the time to

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start thinking about whether you'd like to

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join. Again, I'll make the

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announcement at the appropriate time. But.

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Yeah, start picking it over in your brain.

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Anyway, While. I'm about to

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go to Egypt's I have also had a little

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bit of burn out on the writing of the

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main narrative. I. Realized the narrative

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has been a little bit inconsistent over

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the past six months, what with my

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wedding, honeymoon, and general business that interrupted

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it. I'm doing my best to manage

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my energy levels, but sometimes it gets

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a bit overwhelming. Anyway, Rather

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than try and force myself to

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have some episodes to go live

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when I'm in Egypt, I'm going

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to have some compilation episodes. These

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will cover topics that I've discussed

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previously in Desperate Episodes, but would

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really benefit from a compilation treatment.

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For. Example: An episode about the

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Egyptians and the early Greeks like

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the Minoan and the Mycenaean. Those.

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Compilations are quite lengthy, sometimes up

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to are exceeding two hours, so

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hopefully they'll try to you over

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while I had to to Egypt

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and also recharge my mental batteries.

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As always I thank you for your patience

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with the narrative and I hope you enjoy

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the show. I'll see you soon! When I

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returned from the land of the Nile, To.

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Everyone join me on this tour. I look

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forward to meeting you and for those

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who are interested in future to his. To.

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Start thinking about it because in

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February twenty twenty five we will

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have an opportunity to go. Again

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announcement when it has already. That's.

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All for me. I'll see you soon! Take.

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Care and may the great gods

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of all foreign lands bless you

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and keep you safe.