{"id":16011,"date":"2022-07-14T14:23:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T12:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=211518"},"modified":"2022-07-14T14:44:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T12:44:10","slug":"tutankhamun-egypt-in-the-era-of-the-boy-king","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/tutankhamun-egypt-in-the-era-of-the-boy-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutankhamun: Egypt in the era of the boy king"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ellie Cawthorne\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 14 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Tutankhamun\u2019s reign took place during one of ancient Egypt\u2019s most fascinating and turbulent periods \u2013 the 18th Dynasty. In episode two of our new series on the boy king, we travel back more than 3,000 years to uncover what was happening in Egypt when <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/ancient-egypt\/8-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-tutankhamun\/&quot;\">Tutankhamun<\/a> came to the throne.<\/p>\n<p>Ellie Cawthorne speaks to expert historians Guy de la B\u00e9doy\u00e8re and Professor Joyce Tyldesley to uncover stories of immense power and eye-watering wealth, instability, corruption and religious revolution.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-211518-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/HistoryExtraTutankhamunEp2-4bc86be.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/HistoryExtraTutankhamunEp2-4bc86be.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/HistoryExtraTutankhamunEp2-4bc86be.mp3<\/a><\/audio><h2\/>\n<section class=\"&quot;highlight\"><div class=\"&quot;highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <p><strong>Want to hear more? Browse more episodes in our<\/strong> <strong>podcast series on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/podcast-series\/tutankhamun-podcast-series\/&quot;\">Tutankhamun\u2019s life, death and legacy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ellie Cawthorne Published: Thursday, 14 July 2022 at 12:00 am Tutankhamun\u2019s reign took place during one of ancient Egypt\u2019s most fascinating and turbulent periods \u2013 the 18th Dynasty. 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