Briefing Chat: Evidence mounts for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun's tomb
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Briefing Chat: Evidence mounts for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun's tomb

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 18, 202612 min
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In this episode: 00:22 Could secret rooms lie beyond Tutankhamun's tomb? Nature: Exclusive: New evidence for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun’s tomb 05:55 A multifunctional brain–computer interface Nature: ‘Multifunctional’ brain implant translates speech and gestures in real time Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Hi listeners, Benjamin here. Welcome to the Friday show where we talk about some of the stories we've read about in the Nature briefing, which is of course Nature's Daily Email Roundup of the latest science news. Joining me this week is Lizzie Gibney. Lizzie, how are you doing today? Hello, I'm very well. Thank you, Ben. How are you? I'm doing okay. You've

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got an exciting story today. Tell me all about it. I do. This feels like what would be to Egyptologists like for me discovering dark matter, but for Egyptologists, this This is something absolutely huge, if true. This is an exclusive in nature by Jo Marchand.

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A group of Egyptian researchers think there is evidence that there may be another tomb beyond Tutankhamun's, and there is a chance that it belongs to the famous Queen Nefertiti. Now, Nefertiti, if you remember, was this very, very powerful ancient Egyptian queen from the 14th century BC.

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