Episode 69: Wild Offerings

from The Poetry of Science · host Sam Illingworth

This episode explores new research, which has used geochemical analysis to show that millions of wild birds were once sacrificed to Ancient Egyptian gods. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘Audubon Becomes Obsessed with Birds’ by Andy Brown here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @samillingworth

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This episode explores new research, which has used geochemical analysis to show that millions of wild birds were once sacrificed to Ancient Egyptian gods.

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