Francesca Stavrakopoulou
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499 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 23 Jun
Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Empire: World History · 368. Ancient Egypt: The Origin of Abrahamic Religions? (Ep 7) · 14 Jun 2026
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But he's also writing at a time in which everything ancient Egypt is mega exciting still.
So if you think about it, Tutankhamun, the tomb was discovered in 1922.
That is still really new.
Even in terms of the rediscovery of Akhenaten and the very distinctive qualities and aspects and artwork, for example, of his reign, that was only in the late 19th century.
We're now in the early 20th.
Egypt mania is still a big thing.
He's writing at this time, and for him to be Jewish at a time when there is so much hostility and violence,
I think it's safe to say that he's looking at the ways in which to be Jewish is not to be shameful.
And I think to link
Jewish faith and particularly its monotheism to the glories, if you like, of ancient Egypt and everything that was seen.
It was seen as so sophisticated by 1920s, 1930s European culture.
It was seen as exciting, as refined.
We still see it as exciting.
Oh, exactly.
And so I think that was probably very appealing.
And also, this is a guy who goes to dinner parties.
He's a very intellectual man.
He socializes.
This is kind of dinner party talk as well.
Absolutely.
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