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. They have subdued the Canaanite 14th Dynasty, and even taken Memphis.

The tombs, temples and sacred spaces of the great city are in foreign hands. What happened?!

Bibliography

  • Daphna Ben-Tor, “Can Scarabs Argue for the Origin of the Hyksos?” Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, 1 (2009). FREE on Academia.edu.
  • Nadine Moeller, et al., “Discussion of Late Middle Kingdom and Early Second Intermediate Period History and Chronology in Relation to the Khayan Sealings From Edfu.” Egypt and the Levant, XXI (2011). FREE on Academia.edu.
  • Wolfram Grajetzki, “Notes on Administration in the Second Intermediate Period,” The Second Intermediate Period, 2010.
  • Charlotte Booth, The Hyksos Period in Egypt, 2008.
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  1. Veerle
    February 15, 2021,

    I am now well on my way into your delicious podcast but i see that a lot of the pictures do not show. And i just wanted to kindly let you know. It has only started irritating me now. You are amazing. Thank you!

  2. Christine Pizan
    March 20, 2022,

    I was disappointed with this episode, we have so much new archaeological evidence about the Hyksos rulers from the past couple of decades, yet the modern interpretation of the 15th dynasty was only granted a couple of minutes after a lengthy exploration of Manetho’s pharonic propaganda.

    After the modern interpretation was briefly discussed the narrative moved straight back to talking of ‘invasion’ and ‘non egyptians.’ This seems a very 17-19th dynasty nationalist endorsement of the idea none of the egypto-canaanites were true egyptians. I guess if you immigrate to a country and spend several hundred years there, you don’t get to be considered a member of that country.

    I hope this nasceant nationalistic impulse does not grow during the new kingdom episodes as more and more international affairs will be discussed. To transcribe the dynasties interpretation of events that befall them to the podcast at large would be a shame.

    Aside from this an enjoyable exploration of one of egypts most interesting and dynamic periods. Thank you for taking the time to research it

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