Episode
Afterlife Detour 4: Follow-up on Egyptian Hydraulics
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- History in the Bible
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- Dec 7, 2025
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Summary
A little while back, Bernie Maopolski of the Fan of History podcast and I discussed some recent research into the use of hydraulics at the step pyramid of Pharoah Djoser. Well, lordy lordy, we received an email from a hydraulic engineer who said that the original researchers were barking up the wrong tree. Let's see what he had to say. You can find Bernie's show at https://shows.acast.com/history .