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The episode explores the Harem Conspiracy, a royal assassination in Ancient Egypt, with insights from expert Dr. Campbell Price.

Millenia ago, a plot was hatched within the highest echelons of Egyptian society which ended with royal blood being spilt. This assassination, known as the Harem Conspiracy, and the following trial would fascinate historians for the next three thousand years... Who was behind the plot? How close did they come to seizing the throne? And what can archaeology tell us about Egyptian society as a whole? Our guest today is Dr. Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester Museum and honorary research fellow at University of Liverpool. He’s our go-to Ancient Egypt expert and the author of his newest book ‘ Brief Histories: Ancient Egypt .’ Edited by Hannah Feodorov. Produced by Tom Delargy. Senior Producer is Freddy Chick. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   You can take part in our listener survey here . All music from Epidemic Sounds. Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards. Click here to place your vote! Thank you! https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting Hosted on Acast. See…

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Guest: Dr. Campbell Price

Topics covered

• Ancient Egypt
• Harem Conspiracy
• royal assassination
• Egyptian society
• archaeology
• historical trials

Keywords

• Harem Conspiracy
• Ancient Egypt
• royal blood
• assassination
• archaeology
• Egyptian society
• historical events

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Manchester Museum, University of Liverpool

Books & works: Brief Histories: Ancient Egypt

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