Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Ancient Egyptian mummies

The ancient Egyptians had an elaborate set of funerary practices that they believed were necessary to ensure their immortality after death. These rituals included mummifying the body, casting magic spells, and burials with specific grave goods thought to be needed in the afterlife.The ancient burial process evolved over time as old customs were discarded and new ones adopted, but several important elements of the process persisted.

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  1. Hatshepsut

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hatshepsut, the woman considered one of Egypt's most successful pharaohs.

    6 November 2014

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    Featuring: Elizabeth Frood, Kate Spence, Campbell Price

     
  2. Tutankhamun

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the the work of Howard Carter's team in 1922, and the extraordinary contents of Tutankhamun's tomb and what it revealed of Egyptian history

    26 December 2019

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    Featuring: Elizabeth Frood, Christina Riggs, John Taylor