Episode Description
In this episode, we sit down with Egyptologist, Dr. Chris Naunton, to discuss his book, Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt. What has the archaeological evidence revealed to identify the final resting places of important historical figures such as Imhotep, Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, and more? We also talk about Egyptology as a whole, the Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the end of the New Kingdom and Late Intermediate Period, and more.
About the Guest
Dr. Chris Naunton is a British Egyptologist, a writer and a broadcaster. He studied Egyptology at the universities of Birmingham and Swansea, where he obtained his PhD. Dr. Naunton has also been the director of the Egypt Exploration Society and the president of the International Association of Egyptologists.
He is the author of numerous books which includes Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt and Egyptologists’ Notebooks and has been involved with numerous ancient Egyptian focused documentaries.
For more information, you can visit his website: http://www.chrisnaunton.com.
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Petros: The first individual that you talked about was Imhotep, I believe.
