# Listener Q&A – October 2025

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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: 2025-12-07T03:20:00+00:00
Episode link: https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/listener-q-and-a-october-2025
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## Resource

In our latest live Q&A with podcast supporters, we discuss Kara’s progress on her latest book (about Nefertiti!!!!), the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the challenges of pronouncing ancient Egyptian words (vocalization is hard and a task we try to avoid), whether or not Cleopatra really committed suicide (short answer: NO), our top-three favorite tombs (Sennefer, Ramose, etc etc and why is Osirisnet down!?), and more. Read more about Kara’s perspective on the death of Cleopatra in her book, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt . Explore tombs in the Valley of the Kings via the Theban Mapping Project website ! Learn more about the Grand Egyptian Museum here. Someday we will visit, but not this day…. Get full access to Ancient/Now at ancientnow.substack.com/subscribe

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