Tutankhamun | 2. Egypt in the era of the boy king

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🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Tutankhamun’s reign took place during one of ancient Egypt’s most fascinating and turbulent periods – the 18th Dynasty. In episode two of our new series on the boy king, we travel back more than 3,000 years to uncover what was happening in Egypt when Tutankhamun came to the throne. Ellie Cawthorne speaks to expert historians Guy de la Bédoyère and Professor Joyce Tyldesley to uncover stories of immense power and eye-watering wealth, instability, corruption and religious revolution.

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1:11.6	If I asked you to, I reckon you could probably picture the face of Tutankhamun, his glittering golden
1:22.6	blue death mask. But while the Pharaoh's treasures may have seared his image into our minds,
1:29.4	I'd also guess that many of you listening wouldn't be able to tell me how long ago exactly Tutankhamun
1:36.1	lived or what was happening in Egypt when he came to the throne. That's why in this episode,
1:43.2	we're travelling back more than 3000 years to Egypt's 18th dynasty, the era of Tutankhamun.
1:50.8	To uncover stories of immense power and eye-watering wealth, instability, corruption and religious
1:58.0	revolution. I'm Ellie Corporn and in this new History Extra Podcast series, we're marking
2:04.2	the centenary of Howard Carter's great discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by exploring the iconic
2:10.9	Pharaoh's life, death and legacy. We'll travel back to the ancient empire, the Boyking,
2:16.5	ruled over and reexamine the contents of his tomb to investigate what his dazzling treasures
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