S02. #07. Did crocodile dung contraceptives really work?

To the ancient Egyptians, children were gifts from the gods. But sometimes, couples simply preferred contraception, which was easy to obtain thanks to the various methods that magician-physicians recommended. One of these methods used crocodile dung, and the question of the day is – were these strange and unappealing contraceptives effective?

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Amandine Marshall, Egyptologist and director of ToutankaTube
Original soundtrack: Anastasia Lihnka
English translation: Debbie Lim
Editing of the movie: Sasha Foìnix
Sound mixing: Phil Henrion
Movie making, sound and image: Sasha Foìnix & Lisa Racaud
Opening theme: Julie Gardelle & Julie Bocher
Graphic Designer (logo): Geoffrey Simonet de Laborie

With the precious collaboration of the École Supérieure d’Interprètes et de Traducteurs de Paris

Photo credit:
© Amandine Marshall, François Gourdon, Roger Lichtenberg, Laurent Cavaleri, the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York and Wikipedia (Saltwater)

Acknowledgements:
I would like to thank my friends François Gourdon, Roger Lichtenberg, Laurent Cavaleri as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art for their precious iconographic contribution

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