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Kara Cooney: Coffins of the Pharaohs
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Episode Kara Cooney: Coffins of the Pharaohs
In 1881, a remarkable discovery took place in Luxor, Egypt. In the hills of Deir el-Bahari, a secret tomb held the reburied mummies of Egypt’s famous pharaohs. Figures like Sety I, Ramesses II, Thutmose III, and Amunhotep I lay in rest, in carefully hidden coffins. However, the caskets themselves hold many secrets, which today’s guest has spent years exploring.
VIDEO VERSION available on YouTube.
Interview guest:
• Prof. Kara Cooney (UCLA) presents Recycling for Death:Coffin Reuse in Ancient Egypt and the Theban Royal Caches. Part of the UCLA Coffins Project https://arce.org/project/ucla-coffins-project/. Available via AUC Press https://aucpress.com/9781649031280/recycling-for-death/. • Kara Cooney’s website: https://karacooney.squarespace.com/.
The Deir el-Bahari cache and the royal coffins & mummies:
• Coffin of Sety I https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/coffinofsetii. Possible evidence of its origin as a queenly coffin via Dr. Peter Lacovara https://peterlacovara.com/portfolio/coffin-conundrum/. • Daressy, G. (1909). Cercueils des cachettes royales: Nos 61001-61044. https://archive.org/details/DaressyCercueils1909. • Maspero, G., & Brugsch, É. (1881—1887). La Trouvaille de Deir-el-Bahari, 2 vols. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/maspero1881bd1 and https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/maspero1887bd2.
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Links in the notes 10
- https://youtu.be/pKFEGKuJFqI
- https://arce.org/project/ucla-coffins-project/
- https://aucpress.com/9781649031280/recycling-for-death/
- https://karacooney.squarespace.com/
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/coffinofsetii
- https://peterlacovara.com/portfolio/coffin-conundrum/
- https://archive.org/details/DaressyCercueils1909
- https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/maspero1881bd1
- https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/maspero1887bd2
- https://megaphone.fm/adchoices
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