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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…

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

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.…

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

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…

1650 – 1550 BCE: The Second Intermediate Period New Kingdom Part 1 (Episode 52-89) Uncategorized

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…

1650 – 1550 BCE: The Second Intermediate Period New Kingdom Part 1 (Episode 52-89) Uncategorized

Episode 54: The Three Kingdoms

A Game of Chess: Thebes, Avaris and Kerma The Hyksos remain supreme over Egypt, along with their allies the Nubians of Kerma. In Thebes, the Kings of Dynasty Sixteen are struggling…

1650 – 1550 BCE: The Second Intermediate Period New Kingdom Part 1 (Episode 52-89) Uncategorized

Episode 53: Rulers of Foreign Lands

Menkaure and the Third Giza Pyramid. Around 1650 BCE, Egypt is suddenly and catastrophically invaded. Sweeping in from the East, a previously unknown group have taken control of the Delta.…

1650 – 1550 BCE: The Second Intermediate Period Middle Kingdom (Episode 25-51) New Kingdom Part 1 (Episode 52-89)

Episode 52: Two Dynasties at Once

Canaanites, Egyptians and a Divided Kingdom (c.1700 BCE) Egypt is riven in two: Kings lose control of the North, and the land becomes a battleground. What went wrong? BibliographyManfred Bietak,…

1800 – 1650 BCE: Dynasty 13 Middle Kingdom (Episode 25-51) Uncategorized

Episode 51: Everywhere and Nowhere

Invisible Kings: Dynasty XIII The 13th Dynasty begins around 1786 BCE with the reign of Sobek-Hotep I. This king, like those who follow him, is all but invisible in the record. Why?…