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Talk Like An Egyptian

Talk Like An Egyptian

By: Dr Chris Naunton and Iszi Lawrence
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A podcast about Ancient Egypt with Dr Chris Naunton and Iszi Lawrence2025 World
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  • S02E08 Green Skin, Books and Types of Sun God
    Feb 24 2026

    Its the end of series questions episode!

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    Egyptologist Chris Naunton and author Iszi Lawrence discusses Chris's recent trip to Egypt, his preference for communicating about Egyptology over excavation, and the diverse roles within the field. They also explains the symbolism of Osiris' green skin and recommend resources for learning about ancient Egypt, including books, lectures, and hieroglyph guides.

    Thank you to Ben, gandolph9994, Yulia, Anna, Rosie, Emma, Hal, Ömer and Joanne.

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    58 mins
  • S02E07 The Royal Cache
    Feb 17 2026

    Economic strife, migrating peoples, and potential climate issues led to the decline of the Egyptian Empire. The Valley of the Kings was abandoned, and the mummies of kings from the 17th to 20th dynasties were reburied in a secret cache to protect them from tomb robbers.

    This cache, discovered in the 19th century, contained the mummies of numerous kings, including those from the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties.

    The discovery of the royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1881 revealed a complex story of mummy reburial and robbery. The mummies, stripped of their finery, were rewrapped and placed in new coffins, with the process spanning decades and involving multiple locations. The dockets found on the mummies provide valuable information about their identities and the reburial process.

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    49 mins
  • S02E06 The Battle of Kadesh
    Feb 10 2026

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    Ramesses II is not known as 'the great' for no reason: his life and reign were exceptionally long, he had an enormous number of wives and children, he built on a grand scale up and down the country and beyond his borders. And he was renowned as a great warrior - all great pharaohs were, to some extent, but at Qadesh we are led to believe that Ramesses was personally responsible for quite some heroics against his enemy, the Hittites. The Egyptians' battle against them at Qadesh is one of the best attested in ancient history and is depicted in the great detail on the walls of several of Ramesses' great temples. The peace treaty that eventually ended hostilities is documented in both Egyptian and Hittite sources. This is the story of one of the great battles, between two of the great powers of the ancient world.

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    51 mins
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