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Oct 2022
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Talk: Hidden Voices of Ancient Egypt

DOMINIC PERRY
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This is a talk I gave for the Intelligent Speech Conference in 2021, discussing some recent discoveries and newer angles of exploration in Egyptology. It is also available on YouTube.

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