#268 Dr. Eileen Murphy on Egyptian Mummies, Famine Roads & Skeletons with Leprosy

<p><a href="https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/eileen-murphy">Eileen Murphy</a> is a Professor of Archaeology at Queen’s University Belfast and a leading expert in ancient human remains/burial practices. Her passion is for telling the stories of ordinary people whose voices have been largely written out of history.</p> <p>Dr Murphy is the author/editor of 12 books, including a book all about Takabuti: the Belfast mummy currently living in the Ulster Museum — who as you’ll hear inspired her to get into archaeology as a child.</p> <p>In today’s episode we talk about about:</p> <ul> <li>Growing up with a sense of awe and adventure about the world around her</li> <li>Some of the weird and wonderful things found right here on our doorstep</li> <li>What the past can teach us about the present</li> <li>The rights of the living versus the rights of the dead</li> <li>Why a sense of place is an essential part of wellbeing</li> <li>Lessons learned from studying 1000+ human skeletons</li> <li>Discovering the first case of leprosy in Ireland (in a skeletons foot)</li> <li>And the greatest highs/lows of her journey so far</li> </ul> <p>Check it out.<br /> <br /> //<br /> <br /> <a class="notion-link-token notion-enable-hover" href= "https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/eileen-murphy-takabuti" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-token-index="0" data-reactroot=""><span class= "link-annotation-unknown-block-id--2074828524">https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/eileen-murphy-takabuti</span></a><br /> <br /> <br /></p>