Featuring ancient sourdough, hippos, ritual instruments, obelisks in Rome, Hadrian’s lover Antinous, and Louise's favourite ancient god!

Time stamps for this episode:

11 mins: what hieroglyphics sounded like

12 mins: if we didn’t have the Rosetta stone...

14:10: the Egyptian money system

15:50: Egyptian crops and diet

18:30: funeral practices

21:20: ancient embalmers

22:21: marriage and mummification

23:52: Neithhotep

26:08 which famous figure you’d like to meet

27:30: life under Roman rule

Join us now to listen to Louise's online lecture on 16 September!

Louise recently completed her PhD in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, having gained her MA Egyptology and BA(hons) in Egyptology & Classical Studies from the same institution.

Her thesis ‘Portraits of Hybridity’ focused on mummy portrait panels from Roman Egypt, and investigated how cultural hybridity and identity was displayed through artistic culture in the Roman Fayum.

Coming from a working-class background, she also has a passion for outreach and widening participation, and is particularly interested in getting more state school students involved in ancient history and inspiring younger people to study subjects they may not have been aware they could. Follow Louise on ⁠Instagram⁠.