Ancient Egyptian Technology with Dr. Martin Odler

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Metal, Monuments, and Makers. Dr. Martin Odler is a researcher at the Czech Institute of Egyptology, at Charles University in Prague. He studies the tools and objects that Egyptians used to build their famous monuments. Martin has worked on many excavations, and his research has added greatly to our knowledge of technology. He sat down with me to discuss this work, and the insights we can gain from ancient tools and metals. Learn more about Dr. Odler on Academia.edu, on Twitter, and buy his book Old Kingdom Copper Tools and Model Tools (2016) available from Archaeopress and all good booksellers. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:08.0	I invite you to come along for the ride. Hello, everyone.
1:13.6	Hello, everyone. Hello everyone, and welcome to a History of Egypt podcast interview episode.
1:35.5	My guest today is Dr. Martin Odler.
1:38.7	Martin is a researcher at the Czech Institute of Egyptology at Charles University in Prague. His specialty is ancient Egyptian
1:46.9	tools, the items they used to build those fabulous, enduring monuments. Dr. Odler is a skilled
1:54.4	and experienced researcher, with many excavations and projects under his belt. Having recently
2:00.6	completed and received his PhD,
2:03.3	Martin sat down with me to discuss his work, and the tools that ancient people used to build
2:09.1	enormous structures. You will find links to Martin's work in the episode description. He has many
2:15.2	articles on academia.edu that you can read for free,
2:19.5	and we will reference a couple of these in the talk. So if you would like to learn more,
2:23.8	follow the links and discover his wonderful research. Now then, allow me to introduce
2:29.1	Dr. Martin Odler of the Czech Institute of Egyptology.
2:45.2	Okay, so Dr. Odler, Martin, welcome to the History of Egypt podcast, and thank you very much for joining the show.
2:46.5	Thank you very much.
2:47.6	Thank you for having me.
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