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🗓️ 3 November 2022
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What ties the long history of ancient Egypt together into a meaningful whole? Professor Toby Wilkinson, one of the most renowned Egyptologists on the planet, visits to talk about the unity of ancient Egyptian history through the lens of the fascinating array of objects found in Tutankhamun's tomb. Check out his new book, Tutankhamun's Trumpet!
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0:27.0 | I'm Patrick Weimann. |
0:28.0 | Thanks for joining me. |
0:29.4 | Take a great mini of the people listening to this episode, a significant part of my early |
0:33.2 | in-life interest in the ancient world was sparked by Ancient Egypt, and in particular, the |
0:37.6 | Tomb of Tutankhamon. |
0:39.2 | The idea of finding a sealed time capsule full of the treasures of a lost world was fascinating |
0:44.1 | to me as a child, and it's no less striking now. |
0:47.1 | If anything, given more archaeological finds and sites against which to compare it, Tutankhamon's |
0:51.7 | tomb seems even more amazing. |
0:54.6 | There's nobody better suited to helping us understand the tomb, its contents, and why |
0:58.0 | they matter than today's guest. |
1:00.2 | Professor Toby Wilkinson is a renowned Egyptologist and fellow of Claire College Cambridge. |
1:04.7 | He's the author of far too many books and journal articles to list, foremost among them, |
1:08.4 | the rise and fall of Ancient Egypt, which I think is the best introduction to Ancient |
1:12.3 | Egypt's long history that you can find. |
1:14.6 | He's also the author of a brand new book that's just now coming out, Tutankhamon's trumpet, |
1:19.1 | Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy Kings 2. |
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