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Podcast: The Tales We Tell
Episode: Ep. 165: The Screaming Man
Description: Buried in the depths of an ancient tomb alongside some of Egypt's greatest Pharaohs, archaeologists uncovered the poorly mummified body of man whose twisted facial expression told of a gruesome death. Officially unidentified, The Screaming Man has been pored over by scientists and doctors to determine who he was, what the cause of his mysterious death was, and why his body was preserved so poorly, yet buried among Pharaohs. Was he a foreign official buried according to his own customs? Was it botch job done by outsiders who didn't fully understand the mummification process? Or was there a deeper...