The history of Egypt from the earliest times to the conquest by Alexander the Great, covering the development of Egyptian civilisation: science, religion, art, language and literature. This book is written for the interested layperson, requiring no prior knowledge of Egypt, and in approachable everyday language. (Summary by Beth Thomas.)
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Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
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END of recording
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historyofegypt_##_wendel_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. historyofegypt_01_wendel_128kb.mp3)
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Hi Beth,
I'll MC this for. Be right back with the MW.
Cheers,
Amy
Update: The MW is up. I'll move you to Readers Wanted.
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
I would like to volunteer for reading. I don't see any word count info yet so maybe I'll just start with 0 and 1 until there's a better feel for section length. I assume section 0 is just the preface? (no table of contents or such)
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few are to be chewed and digested.” - Francis Bacon
Yes, that section is open, but I see you have not yet done a 1 minute test. Please do this first, then come back here. The links you need are in the introductory forum and your introductory email.
Oh dear, I think we have a problem. Sections are not supposed to be any longer than 72mins.
Let me create a new section for you and we will need to move all the numbers down. You will need to find a suitable place to split the chapter (doesn't have to be exactly in the middle) and change the intro/outro to say "Introductory, Part 1" or Part 2.
Sorry about this - I didn't realize this chapter would be so long!
Edit: Done, new Section 02 created. Please use this as the new filename. Sorry it is at the bottom of the MW - I can't move it up on my phone. I'll fix it later.