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Building Tutankhamun's Digital Afterlife
Summary:
Kara and Jordan welcome Griffith Institute staff Daniela Rosenow and Lara Bampfield to discuss the new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive, a searcha…
6 hours ago
The Hidden and the Formalized: Female Queerness in Ancient Egypt
Thank you paid subscribers, KinchStalker, Phoenix, Tomas Johansson, and many others for tuning into this live video with Jordan Galczynski and Amber …
1 week, 1 day ago
Anatomy of the Ancient Egyptian Soul: The Ka
In this episode Kara and Amber continue their series on the ancient Egyptian anatomy of the self by exploring the ka—often translated as a “life forc…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Anatomy of the Ancient Egyptian soul: The Ba
What, exactly, makes a person a person? In this episode, Kara and Amber launch a new series exploring the anatomy of the ancient Egyptian soul. They …
3 months, 1 week ago
The Old Man and the Sun: Sex, Death, and the Turin Erotic Papyrus
**Content and trigger warning: This episode contains images of sex and discussion of sexual themes, sexual abuse and exploitation, incest, and other …
4 months ago
Finding the 'Elusive' Libyans w/ Jason Silvestri
In this episode of Afterlives of Ancient Egypt, Kara, Jordan, and guest Jason Silvestri delve into the enigmatic history of the Libyans during Egypt’…
4 months, 1 week ago
Listener Q&A – October 2025
In our latest live Q&A with podcast supporters, we discuss Kara’s progress on her latest book (about Nefertiti!!!!), the opening of the Grand Egyptia…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Restitution after Reuse: How 21st Dynasty Egyptian Rulers Healed the Harms Done to Royal Coffins and Mummified Kings
Kara and Amber return to the royal caches for Part II of their deep dive into the coffins reused for the re-Osirification (!!) of Thutmose III and Ra…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Cleopatra, Patriarchy, and the Trap of Honor
CW// self-harm and suicide
Kara and Amber take on the most famous death in all of antiquity—Cleopatra VII’s—and ask what “honor” really means when the…
7 months, 1 week ago
How ancient societies collapsed
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7 months, 2 weeks ago