# Finding the 'Elusive' Libyans w/ Jason Silvestri

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Podcast: [Afterlives of Ancient Egypt with Kara Cooney](https://stenobird.com/podcast/afterlives-of-ancient-egypt-with-kara-cooney-4507789)
Published: 2026-01-20T22:01:00+00:00
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In this episode of Afterlives of Ancient Egypt , Kara, Jordan, and guest Jason Silvestri delve into the enigmatic history of the Libyans during Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period. Jason shares his academic journey into Egyptology, discusses the discovery of ancient Libyan words in the Qeheq papyrus, and highlights his exciting archeological work at El Hibeh. About our Guest: Jason Silvestri Jason Silvestri (BA ’19, Univ. of Toronto; MA ’21 UC Berkeley) is the Lady Wallis Budge Junior Research Fellow at Christ’s College, Cambridge and PhD Candidate in Egyptian Archaeology at UC Berkeley’s Dept. of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC), where he is writing a dissertation on the social and political history of the Libyan Period (Dyns. XXI-XXIV). He has also worked extensively on Libyan-Egyptian interconnections, and has published the earliest known evidence of an Ancient Libyan language, the Qeheq Papyrus. In addition to his textual work, he is also an archaeologist, and has worked for several projects in Italy, Greece, and Egypt. Academia https://elhibehproject.org/ Show Notes * Check out Jason’s article on oldest extant text that possibly preserve the Berber language * Third Intermediate Period * Libyan Period * Egyptian glyph rendering of the term “Libyans”- 𓍿𓅓𓎛𓌙𓀀 or 𓍿𓎛𓈖𓏌𓇋𓇋𓅱 * Candelora, Danielle 2019. The eastern Delta as a middle ground for Hyksos identity negotiation. Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 75, 77-94. * Hubschmann, C., (2010) “Who Inhabited Dakhleh Oasis? Searching for an Oasis Identity in Pharaonic Egypt”, Papers from the Institute of Archaeology 20(1), 51-66. doi: https://doi.org/10.5334/pia.341 * Code Shifting * Use of the term “tribe” within anthropological studies * Banishment Stela * The Amazigh Language Fam…

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