There is no such debate. There is a very well established chronology of pyramid development from Mastaba tombs to the Step Pyramid of Djoser, to the Giza pyramids and so on.

For a sec I was utterly confused with what Colombus had to do with Galicia at all. And then I remembered that Galicia wasn't just a Ukrainian province, but also a Spanish one

One thing I've seen mentioned a lot in various discussions of WW2 is the Japanese interservice rivalry, but I haven't been able to find a book specifically about this subject, which is kind of annoying since it seems like it would be very interesting. Do any of you know of a book like that?

I'm currently reading Japanese Destroyer Captain and I assume that will have at least some passing mentions of the relationship the IJN had with the IJA, but I'm really looking for a book that is focused on the rivalry instead of one that just mentions it in passing.

Cristoforo Colombo (Christopher Columbus) was born in Genoa, Italy to Genoese parents. The Spaniards have been trying to invent stories for centuries to be able to claim it

I finished A Country of Vast Designs. This was the first book I listened to on audio so I couldn’t take notes which made it harder to absorb. I’m not even sure I’ll review this book at the end of the year for that very reason. Overall I liked it, though Polk’s seeming obliviousness to how the war exacerbated slavery tensions was puzzling to me.

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From my understanding of Ancient Egyptian religion and culture, the human soul needed to recognize their dead body in order to function well in the after life. If the body was disfigured to be unrecognizable, then the soul is lost in the after life. To be honest, it’s been a long while since studying about this so understanding may have changed since.

This is tricky, as Columbus was indeed in Galicia for a time. What they try to link (proove) is Columbus parentage with an attested Columbus (Colón) family that lived for a time (since recorded at least) in a particular area of Galicia.

The start of this trend of "Columbus was Galician" stem from his writings, in alleged Galician. I myself think it's in reality "(Mediterranean) Lingua Franca", a sort of common words and grammar from all Romance languages mostly spoken by sailors. Galician, with extremely conservative Latin elements, may be considered the closest one.

Not an expert, but I believe there are tests that look for certain proportions of isotopes found in food and water unique to local population from a specific era.

Sorry I ment to say one of the oldest* There are still debates to this day on which pyramids were built the first since we cannot be certain.

I think most "italian-americans" don't have any real cultural tie with Italy a part for having an italian sounding surname, for most of them won't change anything.

Surly all that would prove was his ancestry, not necessarily where he was born

ITT: a 21th century internet user that finds it odd that 'we' haven't found any precious item in a structure that is 5000 years old.

Egyptologist here, it's not.

Well, seems like a good time to for instance read up on the Mehdi's who legit removed all pharao remains from the tombs in Luxor to keep them safe in a 'mummy stash', proving that tombs were indeed being raided and guarded, and that even the guards would remove objects as to not let them fall into the hands of looters.

Giza pyramids are not dated as the oldest of pyramids.

There's no way they've been consistently guarded for all that time. People have been nicking masonry from them, I'm certain they could get lightweight valuables in and out as well

In the same way that a pyramid is hard to misplace, wouldn't it be easy to guard?

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I assume it would probably be irrelevant for most.

But if you turn 360 degrees you’ll walk straight into it

After 4 or 5 thousand years? I don't. The tombs which get discovered untouched tend to be dug into cliffsides or buried, as far as I understand it. They only survived because people forgot where they were.

Difficult to misplace a pyramid

Depending on their individual political leanings and how they view figures of the past, this could either be devastating or a huge relief for many Italian-Americans.

I mean, technically yes, and technically no.
It was not intended to preserve bodies after death But it was intended to preserve bodies in the afterlife.
Which is basically the same thing, and it's just an article that goes "SEMANTICS!"
The intent of preserve bodies into the afterlife, and send with them the resources they require in the next life, be it for as is, or for them to ascend to divinity, it's a thing thats very common in many ancient cultures across the world.

Were someone to read discourse on Wining and Losing they would not hear about jet fighters but rather about the strategies that resulted in winning and loosing over tens of centuries of wars and diagrams showing how reserves were used in various classic battles.

While Boyd would have preferred a simpler F-16 if fully focused on his strategy of great vision, highly maneuverable, affordable. His primary focus was on daytime fighter only missions. However , the evolution of the USAF mission called for all weather and some offensive air to ground capability beyond the gun. Boyd got 90% of what he wanted and the Air Force (and the air forces of many foreign nations) received what Boyd wanted and a great deal more capability.

Yes, thanks in large part to the Air Force bureaucracy Boyd left with few friends on the air side. But that served the nation well as Boyd inspired the Marine and allied land battle strategy for the first Gulf War that resulted in one of the most one sided battles in history. The Marines and a number of DOD officials gave Boyd credit as the foundation of their Maneuver Warfare strategy.