#41 Ancient Clickbait: Dr Campbell Price and the 'Spinning Mummy'

We Can Be Weirdos

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Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.9 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

"People brought in lottery tickets... they thought the statue would enhance their chances of winning"

Dr Campbell Price is Curator of Egypt and Sudan at the Manchester Museum, University of Manchester - one of the UK's most significant Egyptology collections. He is curator of the exhibition 'Golden Mummies of Egypt', and author of an accompanying book. Campbell is Honorary Research Fellow in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, and currently Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Egypt Exploration Society.

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0:00.0	A safe trip begins with TRIP.
0:02.0	Take a road trip with your family.
0:04.0	Get there safely.
0:06.0	Do your trip checks.
0:08.0	T, drop up on island fuel.
0:10.0	R. Rest every two hours to.
0:13.0	I inspect your pressure and tread.
0:16.0	T. preparing for the weather ahead.
0:18.0	A safe trip begins with TRIP. OIS, let me a seven. A safe trip begins with TRIP.
0:21.8	Oh, it's, obviously,
0:22.8	a safe trip begins with T RRIE.
0:25.7	Do the four trip checks before every journey,
0:28.4	National Highways.
0:32.1	This is a Global Player Original podcast.
0:37.3	Warning! The following episode contains strong language, bizarre theories,
0:42.3	unexplainable experiences, and a cursed statue that blesses lottery tickets.
0:46.3	It may not be suitable for younger weirdos.
0:51.3	And I thought, hang on a minute.
0:53.3	This is unlikely to be someone playing a trick because the case is locked and alarmed and I've got the only key.
1:02.1	Oh! Hey, everyone, welcome to another episode of We Can Be Weirdos. My name is Dan Schreiber. I am coming to you today from my home at Ruffway by C. And I'm sitting here very nervously staring at my computer. I've been here for about half an hour now because in 10 minutes, an auction is ending on eBay. and I'm not the highest bidder currently.
1:45.6	It's for a book I really, really want to get.
1:47.4	The autobiography of an Egyptologist called Margaret Murray.
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