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In the animated series BoJack Horseman, anthropomorphic animals live alongside human characters in a society rife with hedonism, egotism and self-destructive behaviour. The world of ancient Egyptian deities is similar in more ways than one. As a PhD candidate researching iconography in ancient Egypt, I am often struck by the manner in which BoJack Horseman and Egyptian iconography - the products of two very different cultures - have arrived at similar solutions in their portrayal of anthropomorphic beings. In both cases, anthropomorphic animals of various species are portrayed with a certai...

5,000-year-old "industrial-scale" brewery unearthed in Egypt By Ahmed Shawkat Archeologist recreating ancient beers Archaeologists working in Egypt have uncovered "what is believed to be the oldest high-production brewery in the world," the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities said Saturday.  East of the Temple of King Narmer in Abydos, the 5000-year-old site was relocated in 2018 using magnetic survey by archeologists from a joint Egyptian-American mission after it had been previously partially discovered and then lost again by British archeologists in the early 20th century...