Episode 9: She Is Foremost
Powerful Women of the Fourth DynastyAround 2500 BCE, the Fourth Dynasty is ending. Menakaure (ep. 8) passes without heir, and the throne is unstable. So, a royal woman steps into the…
Episode 8: That Which I Own
Menkaure and the Third Giza Pyramid. The furious work at Giza continues, as Khafre's son Menkaure takes the throne. Opting for a smaller - but more exquisitely constructed - monument, the…
Episode 7: He Appears Like Re
Khafre and the Second Giza Pyramid.Around 2565 BCE, the great Khufu passes into legend; now the throne comes to a new generation. His son Djed-ef-Re takes power (for a short…
Mini Episode: Tales of Wonder
In a short break from the narrative, we explore three tales set in the reigns of Sneferu and Khufu (4th Dynasty, c.2480 BCE). Listen on BibliographyNicolas Grimal, A History of…
Episode 6: The Ram-God Protects Him
Khufu and the Great PyramidBy 2590 BCE, the Fourth Dynasty is in full swing. Sneferu's son, Khnum-Khufu now comes to power; like his father, he decides to surpass his predecessor…
Episode 5: He Who Makes Beautiful Things
The Great King SneferuBy 2620 BCE a new ruler controlled the thrones of Egypt. Neb-maat Sneferu, first ruler of the Fourth Dynasty, was an ambitious and successful monarch. In his…
Episode 4: The Sacred Ones
The Life and Immortality of Netjerykhet DjoserAround 2680 BCE, King Netjerykhet Djoser came to the throne, and Egypt would change forever. Over the next thirty years, an enormous monument would…
Interlude: Infinite Waters
Atum Creates the World.In the long eons before time, or existence, the Universe was an infinite ocean (Nun). Then, there was Atum "The One Who Is Complete." He was the…
Episode 3: Horus vs Seth
Second Dynasty, Warring Gods.The second phase of royal history, Dynasty 2, is more mysterious than the first. From 2850 - 2700 BCE, a shadow fell across the land: economic and climate…
Episode 2: Horus Takes Flight
The Nascent Kingdom. The Kingdom of Egypt has been established: now we can explore its first historical phase. The First Dynasty rulers (Aha, Djer, Wadjet, Merneith, Den and more) were accomplished…
