Joann Fletcher

Explores how ancient Egyptians shaped their society, government and culture to promote gender equality with women in positions of power and prestige.

Five thousand four hundred years ago, a two-year-old black boy had been buried under a rock shelter. His body was carefully eviscerated and prepared for mummification, then lovingly wrapped in antelope skin. He was the oldest mummy ever found in Africa and until he was unearthed, everyone thought the Egyptians had invented mummification in Africa.