This Week in the Ancient Near East

The Dismembered Hands of Avaris, or How Do You Say “The Sound of One Hand Clapping” in Egyptian?


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Pits with dismembered hands at the Hyksos site of Tell el Dab’a/Avaris have us asking, what is it with ancient Egypt and dismemberment? Sure the king wants to permanently defeat his enemies – really, who doesn’t want that - but isn’t all this hand chopping business just, well, performance art? It’s our most hands on episode yet!

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