The Tomb of Nefertari, QV66, was discovered in 1904 by Italian Egyptologist Ernesto Schiaparelli. Although looted in antiquity, it is one of the best preserved of all ancient Egyptian tombs. Most of the mummy and grave goods were long gone at the time of its discovery, but the elaborate murals remain and can be viewed today.

This episode features a brief scene in which two characters talk to each other in Latin and in Koine Greek. For those few DART listeners who are not fluent in these languages, above is a translation of what they say to each other. Our thanks to Jonas Kyratzes for providing the Greek translations and pronunciation help. Our apologies to Jonas Kyratzes for getting it wrong despite his efforts!

Brother René's Latin answer to Nate Ward is actually a direct quote of young H.P. Lovecraft, who wrote that sentence on the inside cover of a Greek textbook he owned, An Introduction to the Greek Language, in 1905. Ward's Greek reply is a quote from the New Testament, specifically Acts 21:37, in which the apostle Paul is asked if he can speak Greek. René's Greek answer is a paraphrased quote from Cicero, a famous bilingual Roman orator and statesman, who was praising Plato. Tests inside of tests!

Madame Eliska is proud of her genuine Ouija® board. "Talking boards" used in efforts to contact the spirit world had been around for centuries, but got a new lease on life with the rise of the Spiritualist movement in the 1880s. The origin of the "Ouija" board is shrouded in mystery (and lawsuits), with several people claiming to be its inventor. Some claim that the board itself chose its own name, others say it is the Egyptian word for "good luck", and still others say it is simply a concatenation of the French word "oui" and the German word "ja".

Ouija boards were at the peak of their popularity in the 1920s, as bereaved families sought contact with their dearly departed who died in the Great War or the Spanish Flu epidemic. There were numerous competitors. The brand name was purchased by Parker Brothers in 1966, and the boards became the focus of Satanic Panic in the 1970s. The use of Ouija boards, along with other tools of divination, is expressly forbidden by the Catholic church. Aleister Crowley used one, and in 1917 Emily Grant Hutchings published a novel, Jap Herron, which she claimed was dictated by Mark Twain from beyond the grave using a Ouija board. (The process took two years, and a reviewer in 1917 said "If this is the best that 'Mark Twain' can do by reaching across the barrier, the army of admirers that his works have won for him will all hope that he will hereafter respect that boundary.")