43 - "A Pharaoh through the Ages" – A Case Study of an Edutainment Podcast project

Sonderfolge - unser Vortrag, den wir beim Egypopcult-Seminar am
26.1.24 gehalten haben!


„Mummies & Magic – Ancient Egypt in modern Pop culture“ is
the name of our German edutainment Podcast-project. Almost two
years ago, and in around 40 episodes so far, we shed light on the
reception of ancient Egyptian material culture, its social
context, and its reception into today’s pop culture. Our project
is therefore a unique combination of our expertise in the
historical sciences, mainly Egyptology and Archaeology, with nerd
culture. From Moon Knight to Agatha Christie, comics, heavy metal
music or games, we illuminate how aspects of ancient Egyptian
culture are woven into pop culture. In terms of edutainment, it
is our intention to share knowledge in an enjoyable way and to
make it accessible to the public. We also value our relationship
with our listener community, and are working on a constant
exchange within social media. We also receive requests for
particular topics, and for this paper, we provide a specific
example, to demonstrate our podcast-working routine: “Another
Pharaoh? On politics, gold and plastic hands” is the name of our
32nd episode dealing with historical novel "Faraon" (1895) by the
Polish writer Bolesław Prus and its adaptation as a monumental
film in 1966, produced in the former DDR (Eastern Germany). The
novel is famous for its historic setting of the late New Kingdom,
that was used by Prus to display actual Polish historicity of the
late 19th century. Starting with the author’s biography and the
political dimension of the novel, we identify amazing
Egyptianized film props and settings, a fruitful ground for
Egyptomania clichés of the late 60tys. We follow the threads
through history ending up in a German science fiction series.


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