Episode 1: All about Mummies - Ancient Egyptian mummification special!

Episode 1: All about Mummies - Ancient Egyptian mummification special!

From Vikings and Volcanoes by Professor H

September 15, 2024 · 13 min · Episode 2

About this episode

The episode explores the ancient Egyptian practice of mummification and its cultural significance.

In the first episode of Vikings and Volcanoes, the podcast will be travelling back 5000 years to Ancient Egypt where we will be exploring all about the strange but fascinating practice of mummification! Whether you are listening to at home, on the school run (or even on a holiday road trip!), this fun and family-friendly podcast brings you big ideas in bite-size learning. It is perfect for listeners of all ages curious about history, science, and more. In this episode, you will be taken back in time to Ancient Egypt to explore the fascinating and sometimes gory process of mummification! The Ancient Egyptians were of course well-known for their monumental pyramids, but the podcast will discuss how these massive structures were, in fact, built as tombs for their kings. Inside the pyramids, deep within stone sarcophaguses, the Pharaohs' bodies were preserved as mummies — but what exactly does that mean? The podcast humorously breaks down the real reason Ancient Egyptians practised mummification and explains how it was all related to a belief in life after death. Yet, in order for a Pharaoh to live again in the afterlife, their body had to be perfectly preserved. In a lively and…

People in this episode

Host: Professor H

Topics covered

  • mummification
  • Ancient Egypt
  • history
  • science
  • family-friendly education

Keywords

  • mummies
  • Ancient Egypt
  • mummification process
  • Pharaohs
  • pyramids
  • history
  • education

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Places: Ancient Egypt, Nile

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