Interview: Egyptology, Science, and Media with Prof. Kara Cooney

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Kara Cooney, Part 3: The Science of Egyptology, Research in the Public Arena, and future works. Kathlyn (Kara) Cooney is professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). In this interview, we discuss her work for TV documentaries and popular publishing. We also dive into the science of Egyptology, how it gets reported in media, and recent developments. Finally, we discuss Kara's current and future projects, and what we can look forward to on the horizon... Kara Cooney's website http://karacooney.squarespace.com/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/karacooneyegyptologist/ The History of Egypt Podcast website https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com/. Intro music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com, Outro music by Ancient Lyric www.bettinajoydeguzman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:12.3	We're Jen.
0:13.0	And Jenny.
0:15.0	From Ancient History Fangirl.
0:16.0	Join us to explore ancient history and mythology
0:20.0	from a fun, sometimes tipsy perspective.
0:23.0	Find us at ancient history fangirl.com
0:25.5	or wherever you get your podcasts. And the Hello everyone and welcome back to the History of Egypt podcast. This is part
0:50.5	three in my interview with Professor Karakuni of UCLA. Having discussed
0:56.8	ancient craftsmanship and funerary practices and the reign of Hut Shepsut and royal power in the 18th dynasty?
1:04.0	We now move to Professor Kavrakuni's life as an Egyptologist.
1:09.0	What are the highs and lows of her careers, her favorite memories?
1:12.0	What questions would she answer if she was? lows of her careers, her favourite memories.
1:13.0	What questions would she answer if she could uncover anything from the past?
1:18.2	These questions and more in the next few minutes.
1:21.3	Enjoy. So moving now to your career as an Egyptologist, I'm curious what first drew you to study ancient Egypt and then what made you decide that this was a career you wanted to pursue?
1:44.0	I was so naive, I had no idea, I just, I followed my heart on this one and the real answer to your question is I was allowed to follow my heart because I grew up with the
1:57.8	entitlements that let me do that and I also believe and you can counter me on this being of different gender than me but being of the female gender in my upper middle class Texas society
2:11.4	allowed people to pat me on the head and say,
2:13.5	okay, sweetheart, you do that crazy thing you want to do.
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