What The Factual? - Series 3 - Episode 5 - Ancient Egypt & Cleopatra

Gill and Pete take a good long look at Ancient Egypt with a keen hieroglyphic eye focused on the pharaohs and their legacies but they also look at the every day life in an incredibly advanced progressive civilisation for its time. Love and romance and chilled out attitudes were alive and well as was the adoration of cats and other god-like animals.They also look at the life of Cleopatra, her influence and powerful leadership.In Love Factually, they look at how the Comedy and Tragedy masks came to be, as well as how the word nice isn't as nice as it seems.Finally, Pete has a fact about how even though Space moves pretty fast, it still takes a long time to get anywhere in the huge expansive void!Follow us on Social Media:Threads:   @WhatTheFactualpodInstagram:  @whatthefactualpodEmail us..:  [email protected]...:  https://www.youtube.com/@whatthefactualpodWhat The Factual? is written and presented by Gill Smith & Pete Moor.Subjects & Research by Gill Smith.Sound, Editing & Music by Pete Moor.References used in this episode: https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/how-long-does-it-take-the-sun-to-orbit-the-galaxyhttps://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/comedy-drama-theater-masks-77499/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.