Welcome to episode 99 of High Tales of History! (Can you believe that we are at 99?!) For this history sesh, we travel back into the sands of time with two stories on raiders of Ancient Egypt. First up, Kt covers Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the subsequent finding and deciphering of the Rosetta Stone.

Next, Laurel covers the discovery of the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, Egypt's forgotten boy king.

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Mentioned in the Episode:

Highclere Castle

Was It Really A Curse? Study by an epidemiologist

Remembering the Unsung Egyptians

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Source Materials--

Rosetta Stone--

https://arce.org/resource/rosetta-stone-unlocking-ancient-egyptian-language/#:~:text=The%20Rosetta%20Stone%2C%20a%20symbol,during%20Napoleon's%20invasion%20of%20Egypt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Egypt_and_Syria#:~:text=Departing%20from%20Toulon%20in%20May%201798%2C%20Napoleon's,of%20Cairo%20and%20establishing%20a%20French%20administration

https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/the-rosetta-stone-a-journey-from-alexandria-to-london/

King Tut--

⁠https://daily.jstor.org/was-it-really-a-mummys-curse/

https://daily.jstor.org/the-discovery-of-king-tuts-tomb/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-howard-carter-discovered-king-tuts-golden-tomb-180981052/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-the-discovery-of-tutankhamuns-tomb-was-the-most-significant-archaeological-find-of-the-20th-century-180985382/

https://www.academia.edu/8287770/Introduction_about_Tutankhamun_and_the_Discovery_of_his_Tomb

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/how-was-king-tuts-tomb-discovered-100-years-ago-grit-and-luck-feature?loggedin=true&rnd=1744183316387

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ym30v356po

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-king-tut

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Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/