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Dinner with King Tut: How experimental archaeologists are recreating the past

NOV 26, 202536 MIN
Tiny Matters

Dinner with King Tut: How experimental archaeologists are recreating the past

NOV 26, 202536 MIN

Description

In today’s episode, we chat with author Sam Kean about his new book Dinner with King Tut and learn how researchers and citizen scientists are recreating ancient recipes, tools, and technologies — from wound remedies with pennies to inventive pottery glazed in blood — and how experimental archaeology is changing our understanding of the past. 

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