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A peculiar crypt with the violently broken bones of the young God-King of Egypt, his widow's secret letter, and his enemies' poems all point to a strange conclusion: Tutankhamun, history's most famous Pharaoh was murdered in cold blood.
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Suppiluliuma statue: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Neo-Hittite_King_Suppiluliuma%2C_9th_century_AD%2C_found_at_the_site_of_Kinalua%2C_the_capital_city_of_a_Iron_Age_Neo-Hittite_kingdom%2C_Hatay_Archaeology_Museum%2C_Antakya%2C_Turkey_%2851019854483%29.jpg
Egyptian names: https://talesfromthetwolands.org/2019/08/11/the-naming-of-kings/#:~:text=Tutankhamun's%20Horus%20name%20is%20%E2%80%9CKa,Strong%20Bull%20or%20Victorious%20Bull
Chariot hit reconstruction: https://youtu.be/bsk91Pm2gM4?si=tdc2SgCATS3m6OuM&t=134
Howard Carter’s diary: http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4sea1not.html
The Murder of Tutankhamen by Dr. Bob Brier

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Music:

1. https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-the-sphinx-dream-ancient-tune-149287/
2. https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-into-the-darkness-cello-version-long-154335/

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• Bumping into table . by Edelhanie -- https://freesound.org/s/594660/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
• carriage with two horses in forest 2.32 PM 230828_0572 by klankbeeld -- https://freesound.org/s/681489/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

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This week we explore the life, reign, and death of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the culture of New Kingdom Egypt, and lay the groundwork for a thrilling in investigation: was he murdered?

Sources:
Suppiluliuma statue: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Neo-Hittite_King_Suppiluliuma%2C_9th_century_AD%2C_found_at_the_site_of_Kinalua%2C_the_capital_city_of_a_Iron_Age_Neo-Hittite_kingdom%2C_Hatay_Archaeology_Museum%2C_Antakya%2C_Turkey_%2851019854483%29.jpg
Egyptian names: https://talesfromthetwolands.org/2019/08/11/the-naming-of-kings/#:~:text=Tutankhamun's%20Horus%20name%20is%20%E2%80%9CKa,Strong%20Bull%20or%20Victorious%20Bull
Chariot hit reconstruction: https://youtu.be/bsk91Pm2gM4?si=tdc2SgCATS3m6OuM&t=134
Howard Carter’s diary: http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4sea1not.html
The Murder of Tutankhamen by Dr. Bob Brier

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Samuel F. Johanns
https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-egypt-expedition-a-mysterious-artefact-119132/
https://pixabay.com/music/drama-scene-the-death-of-the-egyptians-167191/

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Today we brutally dissect the tenth section of David Hume's Magnum Opus "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding", pertaining to the possibility of miracles. Join us as we compare a respected 18th-century philosopher to a cantankerous toddler, accusing him of contradiction, tautology and assorted nonsense.

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