{"podcast":{"title":"The History of Egypt Podcast","slug":"the-history-of-egypt-podcast-436522","podcast_index_feed_id":436522,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML1519631706","website_url":"https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7f77b9bc-b6f6-11ed-8eb6-6b5f270b4f7b/image/a137fbdc5b879ae4a13d9fa427cd75aa.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Dominic Perry","episode_count":370,"summary":"Ancient Egypt, from Creation to Cleopatra. This podcast tells the story of pharaonic Egypt \"in their own words.\" Using archaeology, ancient texts, and up-to-date scholarship, we uncover the world of the Nile Valley and its people. Hosted on the Airwave Media Network.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T22:17:58.926977+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-egypt-podcast-436522"},"episode":{"title":"Dinosaurs of Egypt (2026 Revised Edition)","slug":"dinosaurs-of-egypt-2026-revised-edition","published_at":"2026-01-12T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-egypt-podcast-436522/dinosaurs-of-egypt-2026-revised-edition","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-egypt-podcast-436522","url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8169646876.mp3?updated=1770891477","audio_url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8169646876.mp3?updated=1770891477","summary":"In the Cretaceous Period (c.100 million years ago) Egypt and North Africa were radically different environments. With vast tidal flats and mangroves, and a shallow sea, the continent fostered numerous animal and plant species. Creatures like Paralititan (sauropods); the sprinting Deltadromeus; the infamous Spinosaurus; and the newcomer Tameryraptor. These have been preserved in the fossil record from Egypt and other countries in North Africa. Today, we meet some of the inhabitants of this ancient landscape… Logo image: Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, by Paleogeeksquared, via Wikimedia. Animals mentioned in this episode: Paralititan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralititan Deltadromeus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltadromeus Mawsonia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawsonia_(fish) Leptostomia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptostomia Spinosaurus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinosaurus Tameryraptor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tameryraptor Select references: Dal Sasso, C., Maganuco, S., & Iurino, D. (2014). Update on the internal structure of the snout of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. Second North African Vertebrate Palaeontology Congress, Ouarzazate. Darwish, M. H., & Attia, Y. (2007). Plant impressions from the mangrove-dinosaur Unit of the Upper Cretaceous Bahariya Formation of Egypt. Taeckholmia, 27, 105--125. Hone, D., & Holtz Jr, T. R. (2021). Evaluating the ecology of Spinosaurus: Shoreline generalist or aquatic pursuit specialist? Palaeontologia Electronica, 24(1), 1–28. https://doi.org/10.26879/1110 Hone, D., & Witton, M. P. (2025). Spinosaur Tales: The Biology and Ecology of the Spinosaurs. Ibrahim, N., Sereno, P. C., Dal Sasso, C., Maganuco, S., Fabbri, M., Martill, D. M., Zouhri, S., Myhrvold, N., & Iurino, D. A. (2014). Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant pred…","meta_description":"In the Cretaceous Period (c.100 million years ago) Egypt and North Africa were radically different environments. With vast tidal flats and mangroves, and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1841,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-egypt-podcast-436522/episodes/dinosaurs-of-egypt-2026-revised-edition/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-egypt-podcast-436522/dinosaurs-of-egypt-2026-revised-edition.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}