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Gee whiz, I was going to write a post about how interesting I thought this interview was. Well, I still think it was interesting. Goes to show what I know, huh?

Your speaker on Napoleon in Egypt is just a font of ignorance, and rather difficult to listen to. Hieroglyphics are not script. Sea level is not the “same everywhere” (certainly not at any one time). That’s why canals have locks. She seems to be immune to understanding history. Napoleon’s engineers didn’t know how to build the canal he desired – that knowledge existed later in the 19th century.

With reference to this show, intermittently the guest refers to the English when I believe she means the British. Can you please respect and know the difference. It is not really excusable to interchange English and British - it's incorrect.

Thanks
Gillian