Reality & Ankh
Reality Reality
I’ve been thinking about that new dig at the abandoned city of Gorgias—did you see the preliminary photos? It feels like a perfect spot to test our ideas about how narratives shape what we believe history actually is. What do you think?
Ankh Ankh
I’ve skimmed the shots. The layers look intact, but the wall paintings are a mess of symbols—some clearly reused. If we assume the scribes were telling a story, we need to trace each motif back to a known chronicle, not just guess. It’s tempting to say the city’s story is what the elites wrote, but the graffiti suggests a counter‑narrative. Let’s map the texts first, then see where the official line diverges. It’ll be a long slog, but that’s the point.
Reality Reality
Sounds like the right approach. Let’s get the texts digitized first, then we can cross‑reference with the chronicles and see where the elite voice shifts. I’ll bring the annotation software, and you can focus on the iconography—those reused symbols could be a clue to the layers of dissent. We’ll sort through the noise and let the story come out. Let's get to it.