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Atenism

Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist.

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CultureHistoryFounders of religionsCity foundersDamnatio memoriaeFemale pharaohsPharaohs of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Historical negationism in ancient Egypt14th-century BC pharaohs, TutankhamunAncient Egyptian mummiesQueens consort of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt

  1. Akhenaten

    Melvyn Bragg and guests Elizabeth Frood, Richard Parkinson and Kate Spence discuss Akhenaten, the ruler who brought revolutionary change to ancient Egypt.

    1 October 2009

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    Featuring: Richard Parkinson, Elizabeth Frood, Kate Spence

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    CultureFounders of religionsAtenismDamnatio memoriaeCity foundersPharaohs of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Historical negationism in ancient Egypt14th-century BC pharaohs, Tutankhamun

  2. Nefertiti

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the discovery of the bust of Nefertiti in 1912 has shaped ideas about her and about life in ancient Egypt and the royal city of Amarna.

    18 January 2024

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    Featuring: Aidan Dodson, Joyce Tyldesley, Kate Spence

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    HistoryAtenismFemale pharaohsQueens consort of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt

  3. 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

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    HistoryAtenismAncient Egyptian mummiesPharaohs of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Historical negationism in ancient Egypt14th-century BC pharaohs, Tutankhamun