Cleopatra's tomb found. Maybe.

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If it wasn't Zahi Hawass touting it for the past year, I'd be a lot more excited about the news now flooding the airwaves about the possibility archaeologists have found Antonius & Cleopatra's tomb. We'll see. I'm nervous about Hawass getting his hands on the real site. I suppose we'll be seeing a crazy documentary with Hawass manhandling mummies soon, and an exhibition with a high admission price. Well, whatever it takes to keep the museums running.

Wish #1: That I could make that documentary. Hey, it'd still be an amazingly cool project.

Wish #2: That the news outlets would stop arguing about whether Cleopatra was pretty or not. Of course, that's the only measure of a woman's worth and the only reason why two of the most powerful men in the world of her day found her a worthy partner. Hawass, stop talking about the size of her nose.

Wish #3: I wish I'd become an archaeologist. I squandered my chances, so too late for me now. I'll waddle off to my day job, scribble some webcomics, and whine annoyingly about it.

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Re: Hapshepsut

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I seem to recall some nonsensical statements from him about which mummies had to be royal on account of how nice-looking they were, and how another mummy couldn't possibly be royal, on account of it wasn't pretty and svelte enough to be a queen, yet he didn't seem to notice the irony when his assumptions turned out to be completely incorrect. Sounds like his inability to share the spotlight is compounded by a problem with female scientists (and queens with big noses?), as if I didn't already have enough reason not to like him.

He's such an easy target for parody.