Mini Episode: The Brutal Death of Seqenenre Ta’a
Crime Scene Invetigation.Around 1600 BCE the King of Southern Egypt, Seqen-en-re Ta’a died. His end was violent and bloody. The king was a victim of (anonymous) foes, who tied him…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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,…
