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Where can a lay person find good information about historical subjects? (Specific questions about Ancient Egypt.)
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Blue_Lotus_Flowers is in Egypt
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I was recently looking for information about ancient egypt in the Old, Middle, and New Kingdom periods.

And the information tended to come in two flavors:

  1. Historians talking about the monumental architecture, and funerary practices.

  2. Pseudoscientists talking about "advanced ancient technology".

I'd like to learn more about Pharaonic Egypt than just how people died, and what happened after, but that seems to be the only thing anyone ever talks about.

Where can I find information on what life was like in these societies?

And is there a good process for finding reliable, vetted information about historical societies and cultures in general (outside of research papers)?

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