52: Wine in Ancient Egypt

When equipping yourself for the afterlife, be sure to bring enough wine! Episode 52 of the Ancient Art Podcast is all about Wine in Ancient Egypt. There really was a King Scorpion and what did he drink? Ancient Egyptian Spring Break drunken orgies. Embarrassing yourself for all eternity well before the Facebook generation. What's it really mean when your god gets drunk? King Tut's "wishing cup," Nebamun's hoity-toity parties, Herodotus goes to Bubastis, Hatshepsut's porch of drunkenness, and Sekhmet gets drunk again. All that and more! See the footnotes at . Explore more episodes, image galleries, credits, transcripts, and additional resources at . Connect at and .

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52: Wine in Ancient Egypt is an episode from Ancient Art Podcast (audio) by Lucas Livingston.

This episode is 9:24 long.

This episode was published on Sep 22, 2012.

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