Nefertiti: Ancient Egypt's Lost Queen

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

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🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Ancient Egyptian rulers, incest, the Nazis and female empowerment, all in one episode! 'But how?' You say. 'What story could possibly bring all of these things together?'

This is the story of Queen Nefertiti and her bust. Kate is joined by Joyce Tyldesley and Monica Hanna to find out just who this woman was, and how a statue of her ended up in Berlin.

Joyce Tyldesley is Professor of Egyptology in the Department of Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Egyptology at the University of Manchester. She is the author of many books including ‘Nefertiti's Face: The Creation of an Icon’.

Monica Hanna is an Egyptologist, Associate Professor and Acting Dean of the College of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, in Aswan, Egypt. You can find out more about her work here.

This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Sophie Gee. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination,
0:11.0	not a care in the world as you simply lean back and before you know it. You're there.
0:16.0	London to Glasgow from just 46 pounds each way. A Vanti West Coast.
0:22.0	Feel good travel. Exclusions and limitations apply, full terms and conditions can be found at
0:27.0	AvantiWestcoast.coz.co. UK forward slash plan.
0:30.0	Hello my lovely betrixixters it's me Kate Lister I'm so glad that you're here again
0:38.1	but before we can go any further I have to keep you safe because I care
0:41.7	about you I do that true. I would like to
0:44.0	tuck you up in bed, wrap you in cotton wool and kiss you good night on the forehead.
0:47.6	And the way we're going to do that is with a fair dues warning. So this is an adult
0:51.6	podcast book by adults to other adults about adult things in an
0:54.1	adult way covering a range of adult subjects and you should be an adult too.
0:58.4	Right, I feel safer do you feel safer? Good. On with the show.
1:16.0	Imagine you're on a date, maybe at a quiet wine bar. Her long neck glows in the warm light, the shadows of the dimly lit room accentuating the fine features of her jaw and high cheekbones. Her eyebrows are immaculate.
1:22.4	They must have taken some concentration.
1:24.2	Eyebrows aren't easy, you know. And her makeup too looks professionally done.
1:28.1	Flicks of eyeliner reaching to the edge of her eye socket.
1:32.4	It's so difficult to tear. reaching to the edge of her eye socket.
1:33.1	It's so difficult to tear our eyes away from hers,
1:36.5	she is so alluring.
1:38.5	But then there are her lips of the million red
1:40.9	upturned in an amused smile. smile honestly we could stare at her for
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