Mini Episodes – Page 3 – The History of Egypt Podcast

Mini Episode: All Is Full of Love

Ancient Egyptian scribes enjoyed writing romantic and sexual texts. They explored themes of love, longing, lust and courtship from a variety of perspectives - male and female. Exploring emotions and…

General Topics Mini Episodes

Mini Episode(s): Music in Ancient Egypt

Two mini episodes about music! Music was everywhere in ancient Egypt: in the fields, in the temple, on the parade ground, and in the home. Songs and compositions were a…

General Topics Mini Episodes

Mini Episode: Memphis River Blues

A scribe yearns for a holiday... Between 1400 and 1300 BCE, scribes wrote poems in a genre that I call "Memphis Blues." They wrote of their tiredness, their need for…

General Topics Mini Episodes

Mini Episode: Love Songs

A look at New Kingdom love songs, as they survive. We see how the Egyptians felt and explored love, and encounter songs written from both the male and female perspective...…

Mini Episodes The Religious Year (12 Parts)

Mini Episode: Birthday Festivities

The Egyptian Religious Year (Part 12/12). The Egyptian year ended on a down-note. Thanks to a string of "unlucky" days, the ancients experienced a time of uncertainty and disorder in…

Mini Episodes The Religious Year (12 Parts)

Mini Episode: Flower Festivities

The Religious Year (Part 10+11). As the end of year approached, the Egyptians celebrated some essential festivals to honour the past and prepare for the future. With the harvest now…

Mini Episodes The Religious Year (12 Parts)

Mini Episode: Onion Festivities

The Religious Year (8+9). The planting season (peret) was ending; the season of harvest (shemu) was starting. Over these two months, Egyptians looked to the fields, and the gods that…

Mini Episodes The Religious Year (12 Parts)

Mini Episode: Festivities of Heat

The Religious Year (6 + 7 / 12): Great and Small Heat The sixth and seventh months of the year were called Great and Small Heat, respectively. They were a…

Mini Episodes The Religious Year (12 Parts)

Mini Episode: Banquet Festivities

The Month of Cats and Snakes (The Religious Year 5/12). The fifth month, Ta-Abet ("the banquet offering") was a month for worshiping snakes and cats above all. In particular, the…

Middle Kingdom (Episode 25-51) Mini Episodes The Religious Year (12 Parts)

Mini Episode: Khoiak Festivities

The Religious Year (4/12). 1460 - 1455 BCE. After the brilliant campaign of regnal year 33, Thutmose enjoyed a period of peace and plenty. Foreign powers began to seek relations…