Mini Episode: Memphis River Blues (The Healing)

Published: March 26, 2018, 10:05 a.m.

b"A Scribe yearns for a holiday, and goes in search of peace.\\nTwo texts, written between 1400 and 1300 BCE, tell of the exhausted scribe's yearning for a holiday. Sick of work, he struggles to focus on tasks, and finds his heart wandering off to more pleasant places. The city of Memphis, Men-nefer (or Ineb-Hedj) looms large in his fantasies.\\nTranslations by John L. Foster, Ancient Egyptian Literature: An Anthology (Amazon)\\nWebsite: egyptianhistorypodcast.com\\nTwitter: @EgyptianPodcast\\nInstragram: @EgyptPodcast\\nFacebook: @EgyptPodcast\\nPatreon: EgyptPodcast\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"