The Tomb of the Animal Mummies

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Ever wonder what a mummy smells like? Or why millions of animals were mummified - including baboons? We climb into ancient tombs with Egyptologist Salima Ikram, to discover the science and culture of animal mummies. Salima is a real life tomb adventurer, cautious of scorpions and curious about the dead. Join us this Halloween as we excavate the secrets behind mummies!

We’re participating in Nat Geo Kids’ Podcast Party: Ancient Egypt in honor of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb. Together with other kids podcasts we are making episode about Ancient Egypt. If you are interested in listening to more, check out Greeking Out.

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Hear more from Salima in a bonus interview episode available on our ad-free Patreon feed! It’s available for just $1/month when you pledge to support Tumble at patreon.com/tumblepodcast.

We have free resources about this episode available on the blog on our website, sciencepodcastforkids.com.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:05.6	And I'm Marshall.
0:06.6	Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:09.7	We're going on a special Halloween science journey today to ancient Egypt.
0:15.4	Oh my gosh, we're going to be talking about mummies, aren't we?
0:18.6	That's amazing.
0:19.7	Yes, we are, but not just any mummies.
0:23.0	Did you know that the ancient Egyptians mummified millions of animals?
0:27.8	That's a lot of animals.
0:30.3	So join us as we climb into ancient tombs with an Egyptologist to discover the secrets
0:36.3	of animal mummies.
0:38.6	A quick warning before listening, we will be talking about dead animals in this episode
0:52.2	and some of the science gets a bit gross.
0:54.7	If that's not for you, then check out one of our past Halloween episodes.
0:58.8	Otherwise, let's get ready to explore the ancient world of animal mummies.
1:08.8	Selima Ikram has studied ancient Egypt for decades and she still loves it.
1:14.8	I still have to pinch myself.
1:16.8	You just think, oh my god, you know, they're crawling into a tube and suddenly I'm crawling
1:22.0	into a tube.
1:23.0	It's so much fun and look how good a mummies now.
1:26.2	Wait, so she's finding a mummies right now?
1:29.8	I guess that never gets old.
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