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Jonathan Gordon

This issue’s cover story is one that takes us back over 5,000 years. Even having studied and written about history for as long as I have, trying to mentally bridge that gap can be a challenge. When attempting to answer the question ‘who was the first pharaoh?’ we also meet some of the logistical challenges of looking back across such a chasm of time. Who was Narmer? Who was Menes? Were they one and the same? Ben Gazur is our guide to try and answer these questions and uncover the truth about Egypt’s uniting pharaoh who formed the ancient kingdom as it came to be remembered. Also this issue we learn the real story of Lady Godiva, expose Britain’s greatest traitor, uncover the origins of kabuki theatre in Japan and…

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All About History (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 154

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