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 · 367. Ancient Egypt: “Tut-mania” And Tutankhamun’s Tomb (Ep 6) · 10 Jun 2026 podcast

Any mention of the curse is Tommy Rot, he says.

But what is also interesting is the human condition because you have talk of the supernatural and talk of a curse.

People are even more interested in seeing it with their own eyes and getting their hands on merch if they can.

We can comment on the fact that there were massive rows about this, that Carter was accused of, you know, pocketing an amulet, which then gets given to somebody in 1934.

And the allegation is very clear.

That, you know, while he was taking stuff out and putting things in crates and counting things up, there's stuff that went uncounted and slipped into pockets.

Well, I think we'll leave it at that.

So Campbell, I mean, look, this is the first wave, we should say, of tart mania.

There is a second wave to come.

And just as the first wave comes on the heels of a hot war, the second one has a lot more to do with the Cold War.

Join us after the break and we'll talk about this some more.

Welcome back.

So just before the break, we were sort of giving you a little tease about the second wave of Tartmania, but we ought to talk about events in Egypt, which we've done a whole series on here at Empire.

And that is, you know, NASA's rise to power, the whole Suez crisis, and this complete assertion of, you know, Egyptian pride, if you like, Campbell.

And with that assertion, where you've got sort of a living figure like NASA, I guess the Egyptology kind of fades into the background because here's a living, breathing colossus that people can fixate on.

So, I mean, you know, that tour had a profound effect on a man who's then going to devote his life to history.

Where else did the tour go and do we know what kind of impact it had on the people who saw it?

They popped, as we say.

Yeah.

So in what Britain has taught the Egyptians and Sadat at the helm is that there is a hunger for this.

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