A Familiar Place in Unfamiliar Times.
Episode audio at https://open.acast.com/public/streams/60ef4820d9e6df2b913195e6/episodes/63c8696285c58a00102b2ff4.mp3.
Ancient, ancient, ancient Egypt. Prehistoric Egypt and north Africa were home to many species of flora and fauna. From the shores of the great Tethys Ocean, to inland swamps, great animals roamed and lived their lives. In this previously released content, we explore some of the prehistoric flora and fauna of Egypt and north Africa. Note: This episode was originally released in 2018 and may not be fully up-to-date with paleontological science. If you have any updates or comments, please contact me at egyptpodcast at gmail.com.
Logo image: Spinosaurus reconstruction from a skeleton in Morocco. Image by Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Learn more about the dinosaurs of prehistoric Egypt and north Africa at dinosaurpictures.org. Some recent discoveries at CNN and EgyptToday.
Dinosaurs of Egypt.
A selection of images from dinosaurpictures.com. All images the property of their respective artists and copyright holders.
Dominic, you really are a wonderful story teller. I loved this episode (or mini-episode). Thank you!
Also, as a (former) academic geologist, you did a fine job incorporating and communicating geologic concepts.
My only quibble (but this is the case with just about every podcaster) is the overuse and misuse of the word “theory.” Social scientists use the word theory in a willy-nilly way to indicate suggested ideas that are better characterized with words such as hypothesis, explanation, model, scenario, explanation, or idea-off-the-top-of-one’s head. Almost all of these latter words are more appropriate than “theory.” In the scientific world, the word theory should be reserved for exceptionally well supported explanation (evolution, gravity, atomic theory, etc.). As Egyptology is a combination of social science and hard science, I would argue that restricting the word “theory” to the way it is used in science communication is the best approach. Every time I hear “it is just a theory,” I flinch. This is what Ronald Reagan said of evolution, when some questioned why he thought that evolution and creation science should get equal time in biology courses. Reagan did not understand the difference between scientific inquiry and stuff people just make up (i.e., religious explanations).
Hi Spencer, thanks for the feedback 🙂 I’m aware of that issue and I’m more precise with my wording these days. At some point I will update/fix this episode. Thanks for letting me know 🙂 Dominic
Hm… apparently there’s something wrong with the mp3 link – the message
For FeederURL http://feeder.acast.cloud/api/v1/shows/_/episodes/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frss.acast.com%2Fegyptianhistorypodcast&guid=miniepisode-forgottendays&showInfo=true – HTTP error: status code 404
pops up.
Thanks Ivonna, I will see what happened there
I am getting the same message. I love this whole podcasting thing! I’ve not listened to any before yours and yours is like my favorite perfume – I don’t leave home without it and with it I feel overwhelmingly grateful to you and your kindness to share what you have learned! THANK YOU!
I love it when you veer off-stream. I agree with Spencer. You are an amazing story teller. I am assuming you also do your own writing. If so, you have a future well beyond podcasts. This is a wonderful series. Thank you for the Heh-th time.
As of June 29, 2022, I got the 404 message also. Made me sad. I had been thinking of asking you about Egyptian dinos and when I found this mini today I was eager to listen.
For FeederURL http://feeder.acast.cloud/api/v1/shows/_/episodes/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frss.acast.com%2Fegyptianhistorypodcast&guid=miniepisode-forgottendays&showInfo=true – HTTP error: status code 404
Is this my computer’s problem?
I want to hear about dinosaurs.