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#17: Ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti with Dr. Joyce Tyldesley: Beauty, Fame, Power & a Death Shrouded in Mystery

#17: Ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti with Dr. Joyce Tyldesley: Beauty, Fame, Power & a Death Shrouded in Mystery

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Ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti with Dr. Joyce Tyldesley:
Beauty, Fame, Power & a Death Shrouded in Mystery

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The last dynasty of Ancient Egypt may have died out over
two thousand years ago, but the legacy and mystery of the circa
three-thousand year period lives on in the hearts and
imaginations of those enchanted by it, as well as in the
fascinating pyramids, beguiling sphinx and immortalized bust of
Queen Nefertiti. No one knows where she came
from or when or how she died, but everyone knows her bust.

The basic anatomy and physiology of human beings has
changed little since Queen Nefertiti’s life. They say that
history repeats itself, so if modern humans are physically
similar to those in Ancient Egypt, it makes sense to investigate
what we can learn from them.

Queen Nefertiti lived from an
estimated 1370-1335 BC. She
was the wife of the Pharaoh Amenhotep IV during one of the
wealthiest periods of Ancient Egypt in which they moved the
capital from Thebes to Amarna. Although enemies
of her husband tried to erase him from history, ironically, she
instead became one of the most famous women to emerge from
Ancient Egypt. Nefertiti’s bust is currently in the Neues Museum
of Berlin. Talk about Eternal Beauty!

Joyce Tyldesley is a British archeologist and Egyptologist,
academic and the author of over 20 books about Ancient Egypt
including the female Pharaohs Hapchepsut, Cleopatra and
Nefertiti. Joyce teaches at the University of Manchester,
specializing in Egyptian historiography and the role of women in
Ancient Egypt. She teaches online degrees in Egyptology – so if
you are listening, you can actually study under her!

She is the author of the books,
“Nefertiti: Egypt’s Sun Queen” and the more recent
book “Nefertiti’s Face” which focusses on the Berlin bust of
Nefertiti. We are talking to Joyce today, one
of the world’s leading experts on Nefertiti, to un-earth and
unbury information about Egypt’s elusive queen from the mouth of
one of the world’s leading experts on her.

Joyce studied archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean at
Liverpool University, before getting her doctorate in prehistoric
archaeology at Oxford University focussing on handaxes used by
Neanderthals. She holds an honorary doctorate from the University
of Bolton and is a Research Associate of the Manchester Museum.
Prior to joining the University of Manchester she taught
prehistory and Egyptology at Liverpool University.

You can read more about Joyce and contact her on her website
http://joycetyldesley.co.uk.

Study Egyptology with Joyce
Nefertiti: Egypt’s Sun Queen
Nefertiti’s Face: The Creation of an Icon

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