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The History of Egypt Podcast

The story of Egypt…from Creation to the Fall of Rome

  1. 79. Let My People Go Dominic Perry 1:35:59
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King Tutankhamun's ornate headrest, used to support his head at night. It was probably made in his youth, since it is decorated with the head of Bes, protector of children. The supports are carved as ducks, with cartouches of the king ("Neb kheperu Ra" Ra Is the Lord of Manifestations). These cartouches, and the Bes heads with their fierce visage, would theoretically protect Tut from any harm #caring #protectivestyles #god Headrests like these would help keep the head cool on warm evenings. The sling in the middle is flexible, and would have a pillow or cushion to lend some comfort. Stil...it's no Posturepedic. Archery games: King Amunhotep II is renowned for his skills with the chariot and the bow. In this image, from the temple of Karnak, the pharaoh shoots arrows at thick copper targets. Thanks to his strength and skill, the arrows pierce the target entirely, and stick out the other side. Amunhotep boasted of these feats, saying: “…there had been set up for him four targets of Asiatic copper of one palm in their thickness... Then his majesty appeared in a chariot... He grasped his bow and gripped four arrows at the same time... His arrows had come out on the back thereof while he was attacking another post. It was really a deed which had never been done nor heard of before..." This wonderful image comes from Flicker user kairoinfo4u ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/32134515936 ) who takes the most amazing pictures of Egyptian monuments and artefacts. Please check out his work :) What's your kitchen like? This model includes three of the ancients' primary food industries: left, baking bread; middle, butchering cattle; right, brewing beer. Bread and thick beer were the staple of the ancient diet. Depending on your place in society, you might eat meat regularly or only on special occasions. The accounting records from ancient temples indicate that meat was most often distributed on festival days: after being offered to the gods, the priests would distribute meat among themselves and the populace at large. This model, in wood, comes from the tomb of Khnum-Nakht ("the god Khnum is strong") c1800 BCE. It was found in his tomb at Beni Hasan, middle Egypt and now resides in Liverpool Museum. From the museum's description: "in ancient Egypt most people ate bread and drank beer every day but beef was expensive....Khnumn-nakht included this model of a kitchen in his tomb so that the small servant figures would bake bread, brew beer and prepare meat for him in the Afterlife." #food #eat #live #love Nubian pharaoh: this gold ring comes from Meroë, and depicts the King of Meroë emerging from a lotus flower. The Meroitic rulers used pharaonic images to promote themselves, and this chap wears the costume of an Egyptian ruler: double-crown, flail and collar. The lotus symbolises his rebirth, and connects the owner with the traditions of an empire that was long vanished by the time this ring was made, c.50 CE / AD

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