Hatshepsut a podcast by The History Chicks

The life of a truly exceptional female ruler.
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Resource: podcast
Running Time: 46 minutes


Time: 1508 - 1458 BC
Place: Egypt

Summary:
The History Chicks do a great job describing the extraordinary rule of Hatsheput, Pharaoh of ancient Egypt.  Starting with her birth through her tomboy childhood to her co-rulership with her father, her own reign then co-rulership with her son to her death.  Hatsheput lived a long time ago, no I mean a really, really long time ago. The best part of this particular podcast is how well the ladies lay out for us the breadth of time that the Egyptian empire encompassed.  Hatshepsut missed the mammoths by only a few hundred years.  The  blog post with the show notes has some great pictures too.  I would recommend checking it out, just for the picture of the pyramids through the window of a Pizza Hut.  I kid you not, check it out.

Potentially Objectionable Content:
Some mild language (dealing with donkeys)

Website:
The History Chicks
The show notes on the Hatshepsut  

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A History of the World in 100 Objects Podcast episode 17 Mathematical Papyrus 9

The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus is highlighted as math in ancient Egypt is discussed.

Resource: Podcast

Running Time: 13:57 minutes

Time: 1550 BC

Place: Egypt

Summary:

In this episode of the podcast “A History of the World in 100 Objects”, British Museum director Neil MacGregor highlights the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, the largest mathematical papyrus known now. He discusses the place of practical and theoretical math in ancient Egypt. Oh, and there is a math problem to solve from the papyrus.

Potentially Objectionable Content: 

None

Links:

Website: A History of the World in 100 Objects 

See the Rhind Mathematical Papryus

Listen to the episode on iTunes