Mini Episode: Opet Festivities
The Religious Year (2/12). In the month of Pa-Opet ("Phaophi") the Egyptians continued their long re-enactment of the myth of Osiris. They also celebrated a huge festival in honour of…
Episode 72: The Home Front (Letters to Ahmose)
Thutmose III (Part 6): Personal Correspondence in Thebes. 148 - 1460 BCE. Letters are a rare and exciting find in Egyptian archaeology. Imagine our good fortune to possess an entire corpus…
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News From the Field 2
February 2017. There have been some exciting discoveries in the recent archaeological season! We find out what they were. BibliographyAhram.org - 'Monumental' Building Complex Discovered at QantirLuxor Times Magazine -…
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Episode 71: Thirty-Two and Thirty
Thutmose III (Part 5): The Sed-Festivals 1465 BCE. In regnal year 30, Thutmose celebrated his first jubilee. The King needed to renew his powers and re-enact his coronation. For this…
