The Dead Speak, Egyptian Discoveries, Pyramid Building

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🗓️ 21 October 2022

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Join us for a deep dive into the latest and wildest new discoveries from Ancient Egypt to get you ready for the release of DC’s new film Black Adam, only in theaters. The dead speak! Yes, scientists have recreated the voice of a 3,000 year old mummy and we’ll tell you all about it as well as how some ancient Egyptian tombs contain more than just gold, and a recent discovery as to how the pyramids were built.

The Dead Speak

“The dead speak! Scientists recreate voice of 3000-year-old mummy” by Erin Malsbury
- https://www.science.org/content/article/dead-speak-scientists-re-create-voice-3000-year-old-mummy
“We can now hear the voice of a mummy 3,000 years after the Egyptian priest last spoke” by Doyle Rice
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/24/scientists-recreate-voice-ancient-egyptian-mummy/4557044002/
“Synthesis of a Vocal Sound from the 3,000 year old Mummy, Nesyamun ‘True of Voice’” by D. M. Howard, J. Schofield, J. Fletcher, K. Baxter, G. R. Iball & S. A. Buckley
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-56316-y
“First recording of human sound was made today in 1860: Interesting facts about the event” by India Today
- https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-&-current-affairs/story/first-recording-of-human-sound-317089-2016-04-09

Egyptian Discoveries

“2,600-Year-Old Halloumi Discovered In Ancient Egyptian Tomb” by Jack Dunhill
- https://www.iflscience.com/2-600-year-old-halloumi-discovered-in-ancient-egyptian-tomb-65398
“What did ancient Egypt's pharaohs stash inside the pyramids?” by Owen Jarus
- https://www.livescience.com/what-is-inside-egyptian-pyramids
“Egyptian Archaeologists Just Uncovered the Sarcophagus of King Ramses II’s Royal Treasurer” by Vittoria Benzine
- https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egyptian-archaeologists-just-uncovered-the-sarcophagusof-king-ramses-iis-royal-treasurer-2186522
“Egypt breakthrough as experts suspect Nefertiti is hidden in Tutankhamun’s tomb” by Jacob Paul
- https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1675646/egypt-neftertiti-tutankhamun-tomb-archaeology-nicholas-reeves
“Halloumi” by Cheese.com
- https://www.cheese.com/halloumi/
“Ramses XI” by Brittanica
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ramses-XI

Pyramid Building

“A Long-Lost Branch of The Nile Helped in Building Egypt's Pyramids” by Jack Tamisiea
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/science/pyramids-nile-river-construction-egypt.html
“A now-dry branch of the Nile helped build Egypt's pyramids, new study says” by Zoe Sottile
- https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/02/world/nile-river-egypt-pyramid-scn-trnd/index.html
“How were the Pyramids of Giza built? A long-lost branch of Nile helped” by India Today News Desk
- https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/how-were-the-pyramids-of-giza-built-a-long-lost-branch-of-nile-helped-1996608-2022-09-05

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:08.5	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff. I'm Nate.
0:11.5	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:13.7	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:17.5	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Join us for a deep dive into the latest and
0:21.7	wildest new discoveries from ancient Egypt to get you ready for the release of D.C. new film Black Adam only in theaters.
0:28.5	Let's talk about everything Egypt. The Dead Speak. Yes, scientists have recreated the voice of a 3,000-year-old
0:36.1	mummy and will tell you all about it, as well as how some ancient Egyptian tombs
0:40.7	contain more than just gold and a recent discovery as to how the pyramids were
0:45.1	built.
0:46.1	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:48.9	All right, Cali, my absolute favorite holiday is coming up and I want to tell you a bit of a
0:53.5	spooky Egyptian story to get us prepared for Halloween.
0:57.0	Okay, I'm fine with that so long as it's not too scary. I definitely don't want to
1:01.4	lay awake at night thinking about how some kind of
1:03.4	Egyptian curse might be coming for us. Don't worry this is actually super
1:07.4	interesting. Recently scientists recreated the voice of a 3,000 year old
1:12.1	mummy.
1:13.0	Okay, that is actually super cool.
1:16.5	Who's the chatterbox and why were they
1:18.6	the best option for this experiment?
1:20.6	Well, according to writing on his coffin, the mummy was an Egyptian priest named Yeshaimun, who sang and spoke to the gods as part of his ritual duties.
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