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Noble Blood

The Female Pharaoh

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

Society & Culture, History

4.813.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

From wife and sister of a Pharaoh, to regent to eventually Pharaoh in her own right, Hatshepsut is one of the most compelling figures of the ancient world, a woman who sought to preserve her legacy in real time by carving her accomplishments in stone.

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0:00.0

Bring a little optimism into your life with the bright side, a new kind of daily podcast from Hello Sunshine, hosted by me Danielle Robe and me Simone Boyce.

0:08.6

Every weekday, we're bringing you conversations about culture, the latest trends, inspiration, and so much more.

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0:21.7

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0:30.0

Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of I-Heart Radio and Grim and Mild from Aaron Mankey.

0:37.0

Listener discretion advised. In 1922, Howard Carter had achieved what most archaeologists can only dream of.

0:52.0

After over two decades of methodically exploring and excavating Egypt's

0:58.6

valley of the Kings, a region in Thebes where pharaohs of ancient Egypt built their tombs, he made a discovery

1:07.1

that would change the field of archaeology forever. Carter happened upon a Pharaoh's tomb virtually untouched for millennia.

1:18.0

Pharaoh Tooten Common was relatively inconsequential as a ruler, but thousands of years later as King Tut,

1:27.2

he became the most famous ancient Egyptian Pharaoh of modern times, thanks to the fact that unlike the tombs the which meant it was filled with dazzling artifacts.

1:43.9

King Tut and Howard Carter both shot to stardom.

1:49.8

But 20 years before Carter's career defining discovery, back in his very first season in the Valley of the Kings,

1:58.8

Carter had actually come tantalizingly close to making another spectacular find.

2:06.0

Only three days into his expedition, while exploring the southeast wall of the basin, he discovered steps.

2:15.0

The stone staircase led to the tomb of Thutmos the fourth,

2:19.8

a Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty. The tomb itself was almost entirely empty, having been

2:26.7

ransacked by ancient Tomb Raiders. But Carter didn't walk away completely

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