An image of Tutankhamun in his chariot from the decoration around a chest

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I think I started the last issue by telling you about how I came to learn about the Aztecs in school, likely just after a period delving into the Ancient Egyptians. I can assure you, I’m not using my primary school history workbooks for cover topic inspiration (although that might be an idea… I’ll look into that). That all being said, Egypt was one of the topics that I got really obsessed with as a child. I still have my papyrus bookmark from the British Museum in a drawer somewhere. So when I could see on the horizon the 100th anniversary of Tutankhamun’s tomb being uncovered, I was very excited to take another look at the boy king.