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Afterlives of Ancient Egypt with Kara Cooney — 139 episodes
Anatomy of the Ancient Egyptian Soul: The Akh
Anatomy of the Ancient Egyptian Soul: The Ren
Building Tutankhamun's Digital Afterlife
The Hidden and the Formalized: Female Queerness in Ancient Egypt
Anatomy of the Ancient Egyptian Soul: The Ka
Anatomy of the Ancient Egyptian soul: The Ba
The Old Man and the Sun: Sex, Death, and the Turin Erotic Papyrus
Finding the 'Elusive' Libyans w/ Jason Silvestri
Listener Q&A – October 2025
Restitution after Reuse: How 21st Dynasty Egyptian Rulers Healed the Harms Done to Royal Coffins and Mummified Kings
Cleopatra, Patriarchy, and the Trap of Honor
How ancient societies collapsed
Using the Corpses of Dead Kings as Power Talismen: A Case Study of the Coffin of Thutmose III
Feeding the Aten: Akhenaten's Offering Obsession
Sex and Succession: Interpreting an Amarna Royal Family Scene
Being a Priest in ancient Egypt: Power, Ritual, and the Divine
Tutankhamun, Nefertem, and the Lotus of Rebirth
Pregnancy and Childbirth in Ancient Egypt
Ancient Tactical Magic
The "Younger Memnon": A Colossal Case of Ancient Reuse and Modern Empire
Understanding Ancient Egypt with Kara Cooney
Listener Q&A – Texts, Tombs, and Destiny
The Destruction of Mankind
Disruptive Transfers of Power
March 2025 Q&A
Solarism and the Great Hymn to the Aten
Akhenaten, Atenism, and the Mirror of Monotheism
February 2025 Q&A – 1000 Bread, 1000 Beer – Tombs, Death, and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
Seth, Part II: Feminization of the Masculine and Demonization
Seth and the Mystery of the 'Was' Scepter
January 2025 Supporter Q&A
Big discount for Kara’s Egyptian religion course, Secrets of the Primordial Waters!
A Coffin Girl’s Guide to the Coffin Texts
Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in a War Zone: Crisis in Sudan with Dr. Rennan Lemos
December 2024 Supporter Q&A
Health and Medicine in Ancient Egypt with Prof. Anne Austin
Hunting & Eating Divinity: Pyramid Texts, the "Cannibal Hymn,” and Divine Kingship
October 2024 Supporter Q&A
Recycling for Death: How to publish a big academic book without it killing you
Egyptian Hieroglyphs with Dr. Melinda Nelson-Hurst
BONUS Ancient Egyptian Creation: Exploring Secrets of the Primordial Waters
A Coffin Girl’s Guide to the Book of the Dead
August Live Q&A Event
Karnak: Creation and Destruction of a Living Temple
Nubian Women (with Prof. Solange Ashby)
June 2024 Q&A
May 2024 Q&A
Animals in Ancient Egyptian Society
Ritual repair of mummies in the DeB 320 royal cache
April 2024 Listener Q&A
Making Antiquity TV, Part 2 (with Neil Laird)
Making Antiquity TV (with Neil Laird)
Color in Ancient Art
Thutmose III and the Veneration of Royal Ancestors
The Death of Cleopatra: Murder or Suicide?
March 2024 Q&A
Interview: Malayna Evans, author of "Neferura"
February Q&A
Kemet, the Black Land: Agriculture in Ancient Egypt with Professor Claire Malleson
Wisdom Literature (with Prof. Maggie Geoga)
Ancient Egyptian Society (with Drs. Danielle Candelora and Nadia Ben-Marzouk)
January Q&A
The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor
"The Good Kings" and Colonialism
December Q&A
Labor Relations in Ancient Egypt — Part II
Labor Relations in Ancient Egypt- Part I
Bodies and Power in the Ancient World
November 2023 Supporter Q&A
Statuary Reuse with Kylie Thomsen
October 2023 Q&A
Can history be apolitical?
Iconoclasm with Lexi Henning
September 2023 Q&A
Artifact Stories — The red-shroud mummy of Herakleides
Patreon Q&A- August 2023
June 2023 Patreon Q&A
Part II: Reception, Ownership, and Race: Netflix’s ”Queen Cleopatra”
1000 Bread, 1000 Beer: Reconstructing Ancient Bread with Dr. Serena Love
Reception, Ownership, and Race: Netflix’s ”Queen Cleopatra”
May Patreon Q&A: Women, Queens, and Goddesses
Magic & Medicine: Sickness and Healing in ancient Egypt
Afterlives Bookclub: Barbara Michaels’ ”Search the Shadows”
April Patreon Q&A
Ancient Egypt in the Headlines
Artifact Stories: Khufu’s itty, bitty ivory statuette
March Patreon Q&A
The Rosetta Stone and the Repatriation Debate
So you want to travel to Egypt?! Part II
February Patreon Q&A
Does Kim Kardashian have Sovereignty?! Conceptions of Globalism in ancient Egypt with Dr. Jonathan Winnerman
So you want to travel to Egypt!?
January Patreon Questions
Ramesside Papyri and Persian Egypt with Dr. Marissa Stevens
December Patreon Q&A
Power and Politics in the Egyptian Harem
”Metal from the Sky”- Interview with Dr. Victoria Alamansa-Villatoro
Book Club - Amelia Peabody #1: “Crocodile on the Sandbank”
November Patron Q&A: Tutankhamun
Tomb Robbery in Ancient Egypt
October Patreon Q&A
Body shaming (and positivity) in Ancient Egypt
September Patreon Q&A
Transitioning to Alt-Ac with Dr. Eric Wells
Personal Piety with Dr. Eric Wells
August Patreon Q&A
Gods Wives of Amun
July Patreon Q&A
Part II: Environment and Geography in Ancient Egypt
Environment and Geography in Ancient Egypt
June Patreon Q&A
Part 2: Family and Kinship in Ancient Egypt
Family and Kinship in Ancient Egypt
Hollywood and Ancient Egypt
Part II: Top 5 Debates in Egyptology
Top 5 Debates in Egyptology
Part II: Academic Adjacent Careers with Amber
Academic-Adjacent Careers with Amber
Sex, Gender, and Love in Ancient Egypt: Part II
Sex, Gender, and Love in Ancient Egypt: Part I
Part II: Human Sacrifice in early Dynastic Egypt with Dr. Rose Campbell
Human Sacrifice in Early Dynastic Egypt with Dr. Rose Campbell
Egypt and The Bronze Age Collapse
Mid-Season Update
CRASH COURSE: A Leader‘s Power and Trickle Down Economics
Demystifying Academia: Part III
CRASH COURSE- The Religious Roots to Authoritarianism
Feed Swap: The Ozymandias Project: Ancient Office Hours
The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
CRASH COURSE: Sickness and Death in Ancient Egypt
The Writing Process
True Crime: Ancient Egypt Edition
Ghosts, Spirits, and All Things Spooky
CRASH COURSE-The Village of Deir el-Medina
Demystifying Academia: Part II
Demystifying Academia: Part 1
Divine Economic Right
Coffin Commerce
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