March 2026
Ancient Egyptian WiFi & mummified ducks
Hello Tastorians,
I just returned from leading a group of your fellow Tastorians down the Nile in Egypt, and I'm still trying to process it.
At nearly every temple and tomb, the walls were covered in vibrant images of food: towering loaves of bread, trussed ducks, cuts of beef, figs, jars of beer and wine, and a stack of ribs that look exactly like a WiFi symbol.
These images are not just decorative. They depict offerings to the gods or are meant as actual provisions for a pharaoh's afterlife, painted with the belief that the images themselves would become real beyond death. But the ancient Egyptians didn't rely on paint alone.
Alongside those beautifully illustrated banquets, they stocked their royal tombs with very real food: mummified meats, sealed jars of wine, baskets of grain, and carefully preserved delicacies meant to sustain a king for eternity. Of course, nearly every tomb was emptied long ago. Yet at the Grand Egyptian Museum, we were able to see something extraordinary -- the actual funerary foods discovered by Howard Carter in King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. Seeing 3,300-year-old bread and meat prepared for a teenage pharaoh's journey into the afterlife is something I'll never forget. I've seen pictures—heck, I even did a video on the topic—but seeing them in real life was indescribable.
This trip was truly the experience of a lifetime. If you ever have the opportunity to visit Egypt, take it. Yes, the country faces real challenges—overcrowding and pollution among them—but they fade the moment you stand before the pyramids or descend into the astonishingly preserved tombs in the Valley of the Kings, the walls still bright with color after three millennia.
Spending two weeks exploring with fellow fans of the channel made it all the more meaningful. And I don't think I've ever learned so much in such a short period of time.
Also, if you want to see the itinerary we did with AmaWaterways, here's a link: https://www.amawaterways.com/river-cruises/africa/nile
Now, here are a few things that I think you'll enjoy.
How to End Democracy in 60 Days - Death of Democracy 01 - Q1 1933 - One of my favorite channels, World War Two, gives a brilliant account of how German democracy fell apart in only 60 days in 1933.
Britannica: On This Day - One of the ways I like to start each day is to check this site which gives a few events that happened on this day in history.
Milo’s VO Sessions - Milo makes another appearance while recording voice over for the gumbo short
Last Month’s Videos
Serve it forth,
Max