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Afterlives of Ancient Egypt with Kara Cooney — 135 episodes

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Anatomy of the Ancient Egyptian Soul: The Ka

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Anatomy of the Ancient Egyptian soul: The Ba

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The Old Man and the Sun: Sex, Death, and the Turin Erotic Papyrus

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Finding the 'Elusive' Libyans w/ Jason Silvestri

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Listener Q&A – October 2025

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Restitution after Reuse: How 21st Dynasty Egyptian Rulers Healed the Harms Done to Royal Coffins and Mummified Kings

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Cleopatra, Patriarchy, and the Trap of Honor

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How ancient societies collapsed

9

Using the Corpses of Dead Kings as Power Talismen: A Case Study of the Coffin of Thutmose III

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Feeding the Aten: Akhenaten's Offering Obsession

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Sex and Succession: Interpreting an Amarna Royal Family Scene

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Being a Priest in ancient Egypt: Power, Ritual, and the Divine

13

Tutankhamun, Nefertem, and the Lotus of Rebirth

14

Pregnancy and Childbirth in Ancient Egypt

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Ancient Tactical Magic

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The "Younger Memnon": A Colossal Case of Ancient Reuse and Modern Empire

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Understanding Ancient Egypt with Kara Cooney

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Listener Q&A – Texts, Tombs, and Destiny

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The Destruction of Mankind

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Disruptive Transfers of Power

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March 2025 Q&A

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Solarism and the Great Hymn to the Aten

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Akhenaten, Atenism, and the Mirror of Monotheism

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February 2025 Q&A – 1000 Bread, 1000 Beer – Tombs, Death, and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

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Seth, Part II: Feminization of the Masculine and Demonization

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Seth and the Mystery of the 'Was' Scepter

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January 2025 Supporter Q&A

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Big discount for Kara’s Egyptian religion course, Secrets of the Primordial Waters!

29

A Coffin Girl’s Guide to the Coffin Texts

30

Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in a War Zone: Crisis in Sudan with Dr. Rennan Lemos

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December 2024 Supporter Q&A

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Health and Medicine in Ancient Egypt with Prof. Anne Austin

33

Hunting & Eating Divinity: Pyramid Texts, the "Cannibal Hymn,” and Divine Kingship

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October 2024 Supporter Q&A

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Recycling for Death: How to publish a big academic book without it killing you

36

Egyptian Hieroglyphs with Dr. Melinda Nelson-Hurst

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BONUS Ancient Egyptian Creation: Exploring Secrets of the Primordial Waters

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A Coffin Girl’s Guide to the Book of the Dead

39

August Live Q&A Event

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Karnak: Creation and Destruction of a Living Temple

41

Nubian Women (with Prof. Solange Ashby)

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June 2024 Q&A

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May 2024 Q&A

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Animals in Ancient Egyptian Society

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Ritual repair of mummies in the DeB 320 royal cache

46

April 2024 Listener Q&A

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Making Antiquity TV, Part 2 (with Neil Laird)

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Making Antiquity TV (with Neil Laird)

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Color in Ancient Art

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Thutmose III and the Veneration of Royal Ancestors

51

The Death of Cleopatra: Murder or Suicide?

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March 2024 Q&A

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Interview: Malayna Evans, author of "Neferura"

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February Q&A

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Kemet, the Black Land: Agriculture in Ancient Egypt with Professor Claire Malleson

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Wisdom Literature (with Prof. Maggie Geoga)

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Ancient Egyptian Society (with Drs. Danielle Candelora and Nadia Ben-Marzouk)

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January Q&A

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The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor

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"The Good Kings" and Colonialism

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December Q&A

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Labor Relations in Ancient Egypt — Part II

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Labor Relations in Ancient Egypt- Part I

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Bodies and Power in the Ancient World

65

November 2023 Supporter Q&A

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Statuary Reuse with Kylie Thomsen

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October 2023 Q&A

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Can history be apolitical?

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Iconoclasm with Lexi Henning

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September 2023 Q&A

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Artifact Stories — The red-shroud mummy of Herakleides

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Patreon Q&A- August 2023

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June 2023 Patreon Q&A

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Part II: Reception, Ownership, and Race: Netflix’s ”Queen Cleopatra”

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1000 Bread, 1000 Beer: Reconstructing Ancient Bread with Dr. Serena Love

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Reception, Ownership, and Race: Netflix’s ”Queen Cleopatra”

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May Patreon Q&A: Women, Queens, and Goddesses

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Magic & Medicine: Sickness and Healing in ancient Egypt

79

Afterlives Bookclub: Barbara Michaels’ ”Search the Shadows”

80

April Patreon Q&A

81

Ancient Egypt in the Headlines

82

Artifact Stories: Khufu’s itty, bitty ivory statuette

83

March Patreon Q&A

84

The Rosetta Stone and the Repatriation Debate

85

So you want to travel to Egypt?! Part II

86

February Patreon Q&A

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Does Kim Kardashian have Sovereignty?! Conceptions of Globalism in ancient Egypt with Dr. Jonathan Winnerman

88

So you want to travel to Egypt!?

89

January Patreon Questions

90

Ramesside Papyri and Persian Egypt with Dr. Marissa Stevens

91

December Patreon Q&A

92

Power and Politics in the Egyptian Harem

93

”Metal from the Sky”- Interview with Dr. Victoria Alamansa-Villatoro

94

Book Club - Amelia Peabody #1: “Crocodile on the Sandbank”

95

November Patron Q&A: Tutankhamun

96

Tomb Robbery in Ancient Egypt

97

October Patreon Q&A

98

Body shaming (and positivity) in Ancient Egypt

99

September Patreon Q&A

100

Transitioning to Alt-Ac with Dr. Eric Wells

101

Personal Piety with Dr. Eric Wells

102

August Patreon Q&A

103

Gods Wives of Amun

104

July Patreon Q&A

105

Part II: Environment and Geography in Ancient Egypt

106

Environment and Geography in Ancient Egypt

107

June Patreon Q&A

108

Part 2: Family and Kinship in Ancient Egypt

109

Family and Kinship in Ancient Egypt

110

Hollywood and Ancient Egypt

111

Part II: Top 5 Debates in Egyptology

112

Top 5 Debates in Egyptology

113

Part II: Academic Adjacent Careers with Amber

114

Academic-Adjacent Careers with Amber

115

Sex, Gender, and Love in Ancient Egypt: Part II

116

Sex, Gender, and Love in Ancient Egypt: Part I

117

Part II: Human Sacrifice in early Dynastic Egypt with Dr. Rose Campbell

118

Human Sacrifice in Early Dynastic Egypt with Dr. Rose Campbell

119

Egypt and The Bronze Age Collapse

120

Mid-Season Update

121

CRASH COURSE: A Leader‘s Power and Trickle Down Economics

122

Demystifying Academia: Part III

123

CRASH COURSE- The Religious Roots to Authoritarianism

124

Feed Swap: The Ozymandias Project: Ancient Office Hours

125

The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World

126

CRASH COURSE: Sickness and Death in Ancient Egypt

127

The Writing Process

128

True Crime: Ancient Egypt Edition

129

Ghosts, Spirits, and All Things Spooky

130

CRASH COURSE-The Village of Deir el-Medina

131

Demystifying Academia: Part II

132

Demystifying Academia: Part 1

133

Divine Economic Right

134

Coffin Commerce

135

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