Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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John Taylor

Curator at the Department of Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum

2 episodes

Covers topics in categories such as:

Works of unknown authorshipAtenismPharaohs of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Historical negationism in ancient EgyptAncient Egyptian mummies14th-century BC pharaohs, TutankhamunHistory

  1. 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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    Also featuring: Elizabeth Frood, Christina Riggs

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

  2. The Egyptian Book of the Dead

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Book of the Dead, an ancient Egyptian collection of spells intended to assist the journey of the deceased through the underworld.

    27 April 2017

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    Also featuring: Kate Spence, Richard Parkinson

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    HistoryWorks of unknown authorship