{"id":19281,"date":"2022-11-04T10:16:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T09:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=218625"},"modified":"2022-11-04T10:35:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T09:35:08","slug":"how-is-tutankhamuns-legacy-shaped-by-colonialism","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/how-is-tutankhamuns-legacy-shaped-by-colonialism\/","title":{"rendered":"How is Tutankhamun\u2019s legacy shaped by colonialism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Kev Lochun\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 04 November 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>Professor Christina Riggs talks to Kev Lochun about the legacy of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. She looks beyond the glittering treasures of his tomb to discover how the young pharaoh became a cultural ambassador for a nation \u2013 and how colonialism, empire and politics all influenced the tale of Tutmania.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-218625-1&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\/11\/tutankhamun-c4a0d97.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/tutankhamun-c4a0d97.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/tutankhamun-c4a0d97.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christina Riggs is the author of <em>Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century<\/em> (Atlantic Books, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/treasured-how-tutankhamun-shaped-a-century\/9781838950538&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Treasured-How-Tutankhamun-Shaped-Century\/dp\/1838950516\/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/treasured\/christina-riggs\/9781838950538&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kev Lochun Published: Friday, 04 November 2022 at 12:00 am Professor Christina Riggs talks to Kev Lochun about the legacy of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. 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