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The Life and Legacy of Tutankhamun

As the exhibition ‘Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive’ opens at the University of Oxford, in this episode Patrick Geoghegan discusses the impact of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun 100 years ago, debates the darker legacy of the pharaoh, and...

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20.00 29 May 2022


The Life and Legacy of Tutankhamun



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20.00 29 May 2022


As the exhibition ‘Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive’ opens at the University of Oxford, in this episode Patrick Geoghegan discusses the impact of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun 100 years ago, debates the darker legacy of the pharaoh, and spotlights the overlooked Egyptians who contributed to the finding. He's joined by an esteemed panel: Professor Christina Riggs of Durham University's History Department, Dr Hussein Omar of the School of History at University College Dublin, and Dr Daniela Rosenow, co-curator of the exhibition and project officer at the Griffith Institute at Oxford.


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