Ep 3: I Want My Mummy

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Tut Tut, Now What?

Houston Museum Natural Science

4 episodes

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Ever heard that saying about how the journey begins with the first step? It couldn't have been more true for Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Everything changed one fateful day in 1922 when British archeologist Howard Carter uncovered 16 steps leading to the Boy King's long-lost tomb. The world hasn't been the same since...

Produced by the Houston Museum of Natural Science, this podcast coincides with an immersive recreation of King Tut’s tomb.

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Ep 3: I Want My Mummy

Tut Tut, Now What?

32 minutes

2 years ago

Ep 3: I Want My Mummy

Tut's curse has bodies dropping left and right...but does it? We follow the trail of this myth through the depths of history.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

Tutankhamun Archive, The Griffith Institute, University of Oxford

Want to Dig Deeper? When researching this episode, we read:

Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century, Christina Riggs
Howard Carter: The Path to Tutankhamun, T.G.H. James
The Shadow King, Jo Marchant
“Some Reflections on the Mummification of Tutankhamun,” Salima Ikram, Études et Travaux (2013)

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