Episode #5 - Life in Ancient Egypt - 15th September 2008 (encyclopod-080915.mp3 – 1:20:55) 
Episode bits: 0:00:13 - Hellos, welcomes, colds and Londons 0:04:43 - Facts we already knew 0:07:17 - An incredibly brief history 0:09:18 - The river of life 0:12:04 - Farming, food and drink - also, state socialism! 0:17:50 - Houses, furniture, craftsmen and workshops 0:22:12 - Pyramids, preparing for the afterlife, grave robbers and curses 0:28:31 - Religion and gods 0:32:47 - Mummification and canopic jars 0:41:40 - Clothes, nakedness, make-up, hair, wigs, cosmetics, jewellery 0:47:26 - Dancing, music, leisure activities, games and art 0:51:21 - Hieroglyphs, the Rosetta Stone and scribes 0:55:22 - Schools, education, the decimal system, astronomy, the calendar and timekeeping 0:59:49 - Heather's medicine corner 1:02:28 - Women's rights, marriage, homosexuality and the legal system 1:06:46 - Temples 1:08:22 - Gavin's day as an ancient Egyptian 1:11:46 - Random things: animals, the lighthouse of Alexandria, the Great Sphinx 1:14:33 - Egyptology and the death of civilisations 1:17:08 - That's everything, goodbye! Links and sources: Wikipedia - Ancient Egypt History For Kids: Egyptian Clothing Primary Resources: Egyptian Houses Welcome to the Ancient Egyptian Home Ancient Egyptian Boats Agriculture in ancient Egypt Farming in Ancient Egypt Horrible Histories: The Awesome Egyptians (ISBN 0-590-55289-9) The History of the World in Two Hundred and Forty Pages (by Rene Sedillot) Reader's Digest: Facts at your Fingertips (ISBN 0-276-42498-0) Interfact: Egyptians (ISBN 1-85434-491-9) Ultimate Explorer: Ancient Egypt (by Sarah Dixon) And Then... A History of the World (ISBN 0-7496-2490-6) Life in an Egyptian Town (ISBN 0-431-11302-5) Egypt: Splendours of an Ancient Civilization (ISBN 0-500-51264-7) Everyday History: Life in Ancient Egypt (ISBN 978-0-7496-7804-3) Ancient Egyptians (ISBN 0-00-715376-7) website copyright Alex Perry and some other dudes |
