Howdy folks, Dominic here. The narrative will resume in a few days, but in the meantime,

I wanted to let you know about a new podcast dedicated to Egyptology. Voices of Ancient

Egypt is run by Dr. Melinda Nelson Hurst. Dr. Nelson Hurst is an Egyptologist with years of experience

teaching at the university level, working in Egypt, and training students to read

real ancient Egyptian texts. The podcast has a blend of solo deep dives and conversations

with experts and everyday enthusiasts of Egyptology. It brings together ancient Egyptian history,

beliefs, and language, and shows you how learning hieroglyphs is possible,

no matter your age, background, or schedule. To celebrate the launch of the show, I asked

Dr. Melinda Nelsonhurst to come on the podcast and introduce Voices of Ancient Egypt.

Hello everyone, and welcome to a brief little interview discussion with another ancient Egyptian

history podcaster. My guest today is Dr. Melinda Nelsonhurst, who recently launched a new podcast

called Voices of Ancient Egypt. And we're going to talk about that podcast in more detail in just a moment.

But first, I wanted to reach out to Melinda to get a sense of how you came into Egyptology

and ancient Egyptian history and what draws you to it. So welcome to the show.

Thank you so much. It's a pleasure to be here today, Dominic. Thank you for having me.

I think in terms of where I started, I think most people have a similar story.

You may as well, which is I encountered ancient Egypt as a child.

In my case, in a museum.

I often hear from people.

It might be a museum or a book or a movie that they encountered. And as we were talking about before

we recorded, it's such a visual culture, such a visually appealing culture. I think those things

tend to draw us in at the beginning. So I was fortunate to grow up in a metropolitan area where there

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