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Ancient Egyptian princesses knew their way around weapons of war (www.sciencenews.org)
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[–] jawhar@dayza.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It turns out ancient Egyptian princesses didn't actually need bodyguards. They were the bodyguards.

@yogthos

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

makes so much more sense too.

on the other hand, having weak squishy leaders is probably for the better.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Everyone is squishy against a mob

[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Didn't call that fight scene from "The Mummy Returns" for being historically accurate but okay here we are