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The LRB PodcastWeekly conversations, and occasional readings, from Europes leading magazine of culture and ideas, hosted by Thomas Jones and Malin Hay, with guest hosts Adam Shatz, Meehan Crist and more. Author: The London Review of Books
The LRB Podcast brings you weekly conversations from Europes leading magazine of culture and ideas. Hosted by Thomas Jones and Malin Hay, with guest episodes from the LRB's US editor Adam Shatz, Meehan Crist, Rosemary Hill and more.Find the LRB's new Close Readings podcast in on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or search 'LRB Close Readings' wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Language: en Genres: Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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How They Built the Pyramids
Wednesday, 7 May, 2025
In 2013, a group of French and Egyptian archaeologists discovered of cache of papyri as old as the Great Pyramid of Giza. Some of the texts were written by people who had worked on the pyramids: a tally of their daily labour ferrying stones, for instance, between quarry and building site, and the payment they received in fabrics and beer. Robert Cioffi reviewed The Red Sea Scrolls: How Ancient Papyri Reveal the Secrets of the Pyramids by Pierre Tallet and Mark Lehner in the latest issue of the paper. On the podcast this week, he joins Tom to discuss how and why the pyramids were built, and by whom, as well as his own, hair-raising experiences helping to raise a fallen column at an Egyptian archaeological site.Find further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/pyramidspodSponsored links:To find out about financial support for professional writers visit the Royal Literary Fund here: https://www.rlf.org.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
