Death in Ancient Egypt pt 3: Tombs

The Morbid Curiosity Podcast

Hallie Lloyd

Cryptid, Serialkiller, Science, Disease, Medicine, Scary, Skeleton, Historyofmedicine, Social Sciences, Ghost, History, Medical, Anthropology, Monsters, Archeology, Murder, Creepy, Skeptic, Paranormal, Prison

4.8 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In the final part of this series, we discuss the tombs of ancient Egypt, from plain burials to monumental pyramids. We also talk about how they changed over time and who built these monuments.

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0:00.0	This episode is inspired by a suggestion from a listener, William.
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0:30.7	Thank you. Curiosity Podcast.com. Humans are fascinated by gore and violence, but even more so, the mysterious and unsolved.
0:37.6	Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity,
0:42.2	and it has gripped millions of people throughout the ages.
0:46.5	I am one of those people.
0:48.7	My name is Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast.
1:27.0	Music And this is the Morbid Curiosity Podcast. And this is the Morbid Curiosity Podcast. In this final part of our death in ancient Egypt series, I'll discuss ancient tomb structures of both non-royal and royal Egyptians, how they changed over time and how they were built. I'll also discuss who did the
1:29.2	building. Listen to the previous two episodes for background information on funerary rights,
1:34.7	ideology, and mummification. As mentioned before, I'm not an Egyptologist, but I used
1:41.3	texts and articles written by Egyptologists, archaeologists, and other researchers.
1:46.9	Still, there was a lot of information to sort through, so as much as I've tried, it's likely I won't get everything correct,
1:53.5	especially as I'm summarizing. Thank you for your patience.
1:58.2	Because of the ancient Egyptian belief in the afterlife, tombs were considered eternal houses for the Ba and Ka, the spiritual elements of the individual person.
2:08.6	Building a tomb was as important as building a house or having a family.
2:12.6	Like homes, tombs were built of imperishable materials, so they would last as long as possible.
2:20.0	Though the makeup of a person's final resting place depended on wealth and status,
2:24.4	and also changed over time, several things about tombs were the same at all levels of society and throughout Egyptian history.
2:33.2	When possible, cemeteries and tombs were located on the west side of the Nile River,
2:38.7	as the west was associated with the setting sun and the land of the dead. Cemetery were also located
2:45.0	away from settlements for practical reasons of decay, and also to deter grave robbing. Pre-Dynastic Egyptian cultures didn't always follow this,
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