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Episode 61: The Two Lands Serve Her

Hatshepsut (Part One). From 1495 - 1490 BCE, Hatshepsut acts as regent for her step-son, the nominal King of Egypt Thutmose III. But the Queen Regent has plans, and soon begins…

1550 – 1495 BCE: The Taosids (Dynasty 18, Part 1) New Kingdom Part 1 (Episode 52-89)

Episode 60: Thutmosid Family Values

From 1519 - 1505 BCE, Thutmose I ruled the country with a distinct agenda: he separated the royal from the common, and the sacred from the mundane. At Karnak and in…

1550 – 1495 BCE: The Taosids (Dynasty 18, Part 1) New Kingdom Part 1 (Episode 52-89)

Episode 59: The Song of Thutmose

Genocide, and the Valley of the Kings. Family, exploration and tomb-building dominated Thutmose's first few years. He took great care for his five children, bringing on a special tutor for…

General Topics Mini Episodes

Mini-Episode: Dancers for God

Dancing the Magic Dance In a short break from our narrative, we meet some Egyptian entertainers. The lifestyles of the ancients involved many kinds of festivities: whether it was dancing…

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Episode 58: The Great Turnaround

Thutmose I and the Wars of Expansion Thebes, 1519 BCE. Amunhotep I is dead; Queen Mother Ahhotep is dead. Power has shifted from one branch of the family to another,…

1550 – 1495 BCE: The Taosids (Dynasty 18, Part 1) New Kingdom Part 1 (Episode 52-89)

Episode 57: All Things Good and Pure

The New Kingdom begins with the reign of Amunhotep I. From 1530 BCE to 1510, Thebes enjoys a resurgence in wealth and power. Tombs become more elaborate, the middle-class of…

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Episode 56c: A Royal Funeral

How to Bury an Egyptian King. In 1530 BCE, Ahmose I is dead. It falls to his son, Djeser-ka-Re Amunhotep I to bury him. We explore an Egyptian royal funeral. Bibliography Emily Teeter. Religion…

1550 – 1495 BCE: The Taosids (Dynasty 18, Part 1) New Kingdom Part 1 (Episode 52-89)

Episode 56b: Restoring Splendour

The End of the Second Intermediate Period The Hysksos are defeated and on the run. King Ahmose I and his warriors pursue them into Palestine, for a final confrontation at Sharuhen.…

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Episode 56: The Return of the King

Kings, Warriors and Priestess Queens The Second Intermediate Period is coming to its end. On land and river the Thebans attack the Hyksos, pushing them northward towards their capital. King…

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Episode 55: Blood and Thunder

War up and down the Nile Catastrophe hits the Theban resistance when King Seqen-en-Re Tao is killed. His body must be retrieved from the battlefield and given proper burial, a task…