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Kara Cooney and guest Jason Silvestri explore the history of the Libyans during Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period and discuss significant archaeological findings.

In this episode of Afterlives of Ancient Egypt , Kara, Jordan, and guest Jason Silvestri delve into the enigmatic history of the Libyans during Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period. Jason shares his academic journey into Egyptology, discusses the discovery of ancient Libyan words in the Qeheq papyrus, and highlights his exciting archeological work at El Hibeh. About our Guest: Jason Silvestri Jason Silvestri (BA ’19, Univ. of Toronto; MA ’21 UC Berkeley) is the Lady Wallis Budge Junior Research Fellow at Christ’s College, Cambridge and PhD Candidate in Egyptian Archaeology at UC Berkeley’s Dept. of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC), where he is writing a dissertation on the social and political history of the Libyan Period (Dyns. XXI-XXIV). He has also worked extensively on Libyan-Egyptian interconnections, and has published the earliest known evidence of an Ancient Libyan language, the Qeheq Papyrus. In addition to his textual work, he is also an archaeologist, and has worked for several projects in Italy, Greece, and Egypt. Academia https://elhibehproject.org/ Show Notes * Check out Jason’s article on oldest extant text that possibly preserve the Berber language * Third…

People in this episode

Host: Kara Cooney

Guest: Jason Silvestri

Topics covered

• Libyans
• Egypt's Third Intermediate Period
• Egyptology
• archeological work
• ancient languages
• Libyan-Egyptian interconnections

Keywords

• Libyans
• Third Intermediate Period
• Egyptology
• Qeheq papyrus
• archeology
• ancient languages
• Libyan Period

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Toronto, UC Berkeley, Christ’s College, Cambridge, Dept. of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Books & works: Qeheq papyrus

Places: El Hibeh

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