Greg Jenner and Campbell Price delve into the curious and fascinating world of ancient Egyptian mummification

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🗓️ 27 April 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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What was the 'black goo' that coated ancient Egyptian mummies? Could ancient Egyptians take a sick day to bury their loved ones? And were ancient cat mummies really used to fertilise the fields of Victorian Britain? In this special episode, public historian and broadcaster Greg Jenner speaks to curator and Egyptologist Dr Campbell Price about the strange and fascinating world of mummification. (Ad) Greg Jenner and Campbell Price are the co-authors of Totally Chaotic History: Ancient Egypt Gets Unruly! (Walker Books, 2024). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Totally-Chaotic-History-Ancient-Unruly/dp/140639565X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2YY57OM41RU5Z&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vie1ts0_UP5-C7VDqN8U5VO3VRqNIhbn-mO1YBpIPKyeipzx1VgHCJUkYZAyUKErak8i1B110hJd091NXNf2F3CLlgTO4s5oUgiIJftoHg5f6z5CnJASzPzt-pYbBkVz.owNDa7h6sDgm11Xgxs6uCfghHkyjHHl57h3_8am8CE4&dib_tag=se&keywords=totally+chaotic+history+ancient+egypt+gets+unruly&qid=1712829623&s=books&sprefix=totally+%2Cstripbooks%2C74&sr=1-1&tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:59.9	What exactly was the black goo that coated ancient Egyptian mummies?
2:03.6	Is it really true that ancient cat mummies fertilised the fields of Victorian England? And before they became shuffling, zombified monsters, why were
2:11.3	ancient mummies considered sexy? Well today we've got a special edition of our Everything You Want to Know series
2:19.2	to answer all of these questions hosted by the public historian Greg Jenner, who many of you
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2:31.5	Museum's Golden Mummies of Egypt exhibition, today's episode
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