Nefertiti: The Greatest Ancient Egyptian 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 you in a nice comfy seat with your hands behind your head taking in the views instead of taking on the road maybe even taking a nap. That's the bliss of getting where you need to go
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0:32.0	and I'm Colin Murray and this is everything to play for and our
0:35.1	latest two-part series is all about Cricket Maverick Kevin Peterson. We'll be
0:40.0	talking about the ashes, highs and lows, K.P. Spats with a cricketing establishment
0:45.5	and a certain text message scandal.
0:47.7	Delighted to announce I'll be using the phrase ebb and flow,
0:50.8	probably more than I should.
0:52.2	Definitely more than I should. Definitely more than you should.
0:54.5	Follow everything to play for wherever you get your podcasts. Hello my lovely betwixters it's me Kate Lister I'm so glad that you're here again
1:08.2	but before we can go any further I have to keep you safe because I care
1:11.9	about you I do that's true I would like to
1:14.0	tuck you up in bed wrap you in cotton wool and kiss you good night on the forehead and the way
1:18.0	we're going to do that is with a fair dews warning so this is an adult
1:21.7	podcast book by adults other adults about adulty things in an adult podcast book by adults to other adults about adult
1:23.7	things in an adult way covering a range of adult subjects and you should be an adult
1:27.6	two. Right, I feel safer do you feel safer? Good. On with the show.
1:33.0	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
1:46.1	accentuating the fine features of her jaw and high cheekbones. Her eyebrows are immaculate. They must have taken some concentration.
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