Podcast Episodes

Scan Technology Reveals Hidden Chambers at Giza?

Approach with caution. In March 2025, a group calling itself the “Khafre Research Project” posted visual information online about the pyramid of Khafra at Giza. The group claims that Synthetic Apertu…

Published on 9 months ago

Another Royal Tomb! Abydos | Hatshepsut | Bastet Tooth and more discoveries

News from the Field (2025) Part 2. The past excavation

season has been extraordinarily productive. Beyond the new royal tomb of

Thutmose II we also have a SECOND royal tomb, at Abydos! The Grand Egypti…

Published on 9 months ago

204: Sety's Last Journey

After a reign of approximately eleven years, the Horus Men-Ma’at-Ra (Sety I) passed to the west. He died in reasonably good health, and studies of his mummy reveal a tall, physically robust individua…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Egypt's New Royal Tomb Discovery with Dr. Chris Naunton. What's next?

News from the Field 2025, Part 1. In February 2025, the breaking news was the discovery of a royal tomb. An archaeological mission working in Luxor are confident they have located the grave of King T…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

203: Rise of a Vizier

Paser, servant of Sety I and Ramesses II (c.1300--1270 BCE). In the later years of his reign, King Sety promoted one of his servants to the highest political/government office. Paser, the Vizier, ent…

Published on 10 months ago

Ramessid Biographies with Prof. Elizabeth Frood

Elizabeth Frood is Associate Professor of Egyptology and Director of the Griffith Institute at the University of Oxford, UK. In a lively discussion, Dr. Frood shares her insights into ancient lives a…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

202: A Valley of the Queens & The Womb of Hathor

The Place of Beauties (Ta-Set-Neferu). In the reigns of Ramesses I and Sety I (c.1304—1292 BCE), the Valley of the Queens finally earned its moniker. Having been a burial ground for royal children an…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

A Memory of Gods with Dr. Tamara Siuda

Understanding the deities requires us to move beyond inherited preconceptions and prejudices. Fortunately, there are many gods worthy of the effort. From the deified Sphinx Horemakhet, to the meme-lo…

Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago

201: When Hathor Destroyed the World (The Book of the Sky Cow)

The Book of the Sky Cow. In the waning years of the 18th Dynasty (the reign of Tut’ankhamun) royal artisans began decorating tombs and funerary equipment with a new text. Sometimes known as “The Dest…

Published on 11 months ago

Dendera: Temple of Time with José M. Barrera

Hathor's temple at Dendera is one of the best in Egypt. Constructed in the late 1st Millennium BCE (but with roots stretching back to the Old Kingdom), Hathor’s house preserves amazing art, hieroglyp…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago