Incest in Ancient Egypt
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
06/25/24
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From recent research we know that the great boy king Tutankhamun was a result of incest.
How did it effect him? And was incest in Ancient Egypt mostly for symbolic reasons of retaining power, or did it go further than that?
Joining Kate today is the wonderful Sarah Parcak, archaeologist and Egyptologist, to help us find out more. Importantly, they also touch on why the Ancient Egyptians found lettuce sexy.
This episode was edited by Tom Delargy and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.
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For something that's so prevalent in most of our lives, it can sometimes feel like there's an inevitability to it.
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Exploring all of this with Kate today is Angela Saini, author of The Patriarchs: How Men Came To Rule.
This episode was edited by Tom Delargy and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.
Voting is open for the Listener's Choice Award at the British Podcast Awards, so if you enjoy what we're doing, we'd love it if you took a quick follow this link and click on Betwixt the Sheets: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting
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