Episode 65: Hatshepsut of Millions of Years
Hatshepsut (Part V): Monuments and the Jubilee. 1485-1477. In regnal years 10-17, Hatshepsut directed a flurry of building work. Monuments were going up all over Egypt, requiring the work of…
Episode 64: Beloved Uncle
Hatshepsut (Part IV): The Queen's Ally From 1495 to 1485 BCE, a young noble-man found his career accelerating in tandem with his queen. This was the legendary Senenmut, who became one of…
Episode 63: Hatshepsut’s Excellent Adventure
Hatshepsut (Part III): The Punt Expedition In 1488-1487 BCE, Egypt's reigning Queen-King Maat-ka-Re Hatshepsut launches her most famous project. Returning to the glory days of previous kings, she funds an expedition south,…
Episode 62b: The Divine Birth of Hatshepsut
In a short interlude, we recount the tale of Amun creating Hatshepsut, as told in her temples. Translation by James Henry Breasted (1906), including short descriptions of scenes.
Episode 62: Holy of Holies
Regnal Year 7 of Thutmose III & Maat-ka-Re Hatshepsut (1488 BCE) In 1488 BCE Hatshepsut makes some of her most daring moves. She takes the throne, becoming the second of Egypt's currently…
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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…
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…
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…
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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,…
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…
