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Episode 5: A Voyage to an Ancient Egyptian Tomb


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Come on down to ancient Egypt, crew! Today we have a sampler of mythology, hydrology, and sociology - what a trio! We examine a tomb of an upperclass man from the sixth dynasty of Egypt, and a picture of three fishermen that resides in there to send him to the afterlife.


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Abdelmoniem, A. (2020). The professions and hierarchy of Nekhebu. Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 5(2), 1–30. https://doi.org/10.21608/jguaa2.2020.30303.1031


Angelakis, A., & Mays, L. (2014). Evolution of water supply through the millennia. IWA Publishing.


Maitland, M. (2021). Fishing and fowling for pleasure versus produce: Ancient Egyptian representations of social status in relation to animals and the natural environment. His Good Name. Essays on Identity and Self Presentation in Ancient Egypt in Honor of Ronald J. Leprohon, 267–282. https://doi.org/10.5913/2021372.ch21


University College London. (2001). Burial customs: mastabas. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/burialcustoms/mastaba.html#:~:text=Burial%20customs%3A%20mastabas,decorated%20with%20reliefs%20or%20paintings.





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