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NEW DATE: Live Listener Q&A for Paid Subscribers
Join us on Zoom on October 26th at 11am PST
Oct 15
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Kara Cooney
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Amber Myers Wells
, and
Jordan Galczynski
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Are Tarot Cards of ancient Egyptian origin?
*Spoiler Alert* no, but one French guy thought so
Oct 15
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Jordan Galczynski
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Live Listener Q&A for Paid Subscribers
Join us on Zoom on October 19th at 12pm PST
Oct 3
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Kara Cooney
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Amber Myers Wells
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Jordan Galczynski
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Afterlives of Ancient Egypt LIVE on Substack
Join us on October 19th at 11am PST
Oct 3
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Kara Cooney
,
Amber Myers Wells
, and
Jordan Galczynski
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September 2025
Feeding the Aten: Akhenaten's Offering Obsession
Episode #120
Sep 26
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Kara Cooney
and
Amber Myers Wells
15
6
1:53:57
Is it Ethical to Display Mummified People?
A discussion of social competition, magic, power, and restitution
Sep 22
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Kara Cooney
31
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Why everyone wants a piece of ancient Egypt
Egyptologist and documentarian Kara Cooney on why Romans, Napoleon, and even Mormons have sought the mysteries of Kemet
Published on Flux
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Sep 22
1:11:37
Sex and Succession: Interpreting an Amarna Royal Family Scene
Episode #119
Sep 14
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Kara Cooney
and
Amber Myers Wells
20
6
1:35:15
New online course with Roundtable by 92NY – "Origins of the Cosmos in Ancient Egypt"
Join Kara for her new live, virtual course on September 22nd, 29th, and October 6th
Sep 9
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Kara Cooney
7
13
Being a Priest in ancient Egypt: Power, Ritual, and the Divine
How did the priesthood work, who got to become a priest, what were their responsibilities, and what about priestesses—these questions and more answered…
Sep 4
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Kara Cooney
and
Jordan Galczynski
22
1
1:03:24
August 2025
Tutankhamun, Nefertem, and the Lotus of Rebirth
Episode #117
Aug 19
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Kara Cooney
and
Amber Myers Wells
12
2
59:27
Tutankhamun’s Moment of Becoming
Like so much of Tutankhamun’s afterlife, this bust continues to reveal more the longer we look…
Aug 19
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Kara Cooney
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