Anita Arnand

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1,099 appearances 7 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 10 Jun

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Empire: World History · 362. Ancient Egypt: Great Kings of The Bronze Age (Ep 1) · 24 May 2026 podcast

I mean, you say that Akhenaten carries on the traditions of his father.

You know, actually, what he does is it's like a relay race and he picks up a baton.

Why does it feel like it's such a new era?

I mean, quite apart from moving religions, which we'll get onto in a bit.

Why does he feel like sort of an art or portrayal, aesthetic?

He's always, and I should explain, because if you haven't seen this, you know, you've got this, you know, the elongated skull of Akhenaten, the drooping belly, the wide hips, you know, sort of spindly arms.

He almost looks like our depictions of aliens in, you know, science fiction now.

So unlike the depictions of his father.

Was that his idea, solely his idea?

And just talk us through the thinking of why that relay race suddenly seems to break.

I have seen, again, this is sort of in the depths of a younger obsession, that there are medical conditions which would lead to that kind of bone structure.

There are two sort of physical conditions that would lead to that kind of body.

One's Marfan syndrome.

Then there's Froelich syndrome, which would also give you these sort of elongated arms and that strangely shaped head.

Do you think these are realistic and they are giving us a medical history by accident or not?

I thought that only happened once.

That's amazing.

So you're saying it could have happened twice?

Beautiful bodies.

So Aten being this, we should clarify, is this disk of the sun.

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