Episodes
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Patreon Q&A- August 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
In this month's Patreon Q&A Kara and Jordan answer questions about literature, what they did over the summer and other topics. And as a special treat-- Kara debriefs about the recent International Congress of Egyptologists' conference in Leiden.
Monday Jul 17, 2023
June 2023 Patreon Q&A
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
EPISODE 59 | In this episode Kara and Amber discuss Patron questions covering topics ranging from Cleopatra to balancing historical accuracy in entertainment and more.
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Monday Jul 17, 2023
Part II: Reception, Ownership, and Race: Netflix’s ”Queen Cleopatra”
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
EPISODE 60 | In Part II of our discussion on Cleopatra VII and reception, ownership, and race we welcome guests Dr. Mai Musie and Professor Rebecca Futo Kennedy. Dr. Musie and Professor Kennedy both study aspects of identity formation, race, and ethnicity in the ancient world and bring their expert perspectives to this discussion of Cleopatra VII, her world, and our modern obsession with her.
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Monday Jun 26, 2023
1000 Bread, 1000 Beer: Reconstructing Ancient Bread with Dr. Serena Love
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
EPISODE 58 | Kara and Jordan meet with Dr. Serena Love to discuss her ongoing work with Seamus Blackley on the collection of ancient yeast and reconstruction of ancient bread making techniques. How does one collect ancient yeast without contamination? What can be learned through experimental archaeology? And most importantly, what did ancient bread taste like?!
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Bio: Serena is an anthropological archaeologist with 30 years’ experience working in Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Iraq and most recently in Australia. She earned a PhD from Stanford University with a specialty in geoarchaeology and prehistoric architecture, where her research developed new methods for analysing mudbricks and theoretically blending phenomenology and archaeological science to reach innovative interpretations about social lives in the past. Serena’s publications have focused on symbolic landscapes in Egypt and the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Turkey. Serena has lectured internationally and taught archaeology at Stanford, Brown University and University of Queensland, and held a Senior Fellowship at Koç University in Istanbul in 2016. Serena is committed to science communication and community-led research and has spent the past 7 years working with Aboriginal communities in Queensland with grant writing, capacity building and developing curriculum aligned, archaeology themed teaching materials for Australian classrooms. Serena uses archaeology to connect the people of today with the people of the past and she is driven to constantly explore, learn and share the subject wherever possible.
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Monday Jun 12, 2023
Reception, Ownership, and Race: Netflix’s ”Queen Cleopatra”
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
EPISODE 57 | In this episode, special guests Dr. Katherine Blouin and Dr. Heba Abd el Gawad join Kara and Jordan for a conversation about Netflix’s docu-drama Queen Cleopatra and the ways in which modern issues of reception, ownership, and race have played into how Cleopatra is seen today. Dr. Abd el Gawad brings her nuanced perspective as a scholar and an Egyptian to the discussion, and Dr. Blouin helps us get into the deep-cuts of how the threads of imperialism, Orientalism, and patriarchy have been used to weave narratives about Cleopatra that continue to influence how she is viewed as an historical figure.
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Tuesday May 30, 2023
May Patreon Q&A: Women, Queens, and Goddesses
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
EPISODE 56 | This is a recording from live Zoom event held on May 27th for this month's Patreon Q&A with a focus on women, women's experiences and goddesses in ancient Egypt.
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Tuesday May 23, 2023
Magic & Medicine: Sickness and Healing in ancient Egypt
Tuesday May 23, 2023
Tuesday May 23, 2023
EPISODE 55 | Kara and Jordan explore the world of magic & medicine and how illnesses were treated in ancient Egypt. Did the Egyptians distinguish between magic and medicine in efficacy? What illnesses did the Egyptians suffer from? How were they treated? Stay tuned until the end to hear them read from some actual magico-medical papyri!
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Monday May 22, 2023
Afterlives Bookclub: Barbara Michaels’ ”Search the Shadows”
Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
EPISODE 54 | "Don't bring a mace to a gunfight." In our latest Bookclub installment Jordan and Amber cover another book from Egyptologist/author Barbara Mertz (also known as Barbara Michaels and Elizabeth Peters), "Search the Shadows." Spoiler's ahead!!
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Monday Apr 24, 2023
April Patreon Q&A
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
EPISODE 53 | Kara and Jordan answer this month's Patron questions. Want to submit a question? Support the podcast by becoming a Patron.
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Monday Apr 24, 2023
Ancient Egypt in the Headlines
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
EPISODE 52 | Kara and Jordan cover four ancient Egypt-themed headlines from the void in the Great Pyramid to the recently restored zodiac at the Temple of Esna.
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