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173: Horemheb - The Forgotten War
To Vile Carchemish. In Year 16, King Horemheb may have led a "campaign of victory" to the far north. An artefact identified in the 1970s, but lost fo…
3 years, 9 months ago
172: Horemheb, Wise Like Thoth
Horemheb's favourite god. Throughout his life, Horemheb commissioned monuments and artefacts that honoured Djehuty (Thoth). As a courtier, then a Kin…
3 years, 9 months ago
171: Law & Order (Special Ma'at Unit)
Horemheb's Great Decree. Sometime during his reign, King Horemheb proclaimed a new set of laws. Taking aim at corruption and abuses-of-power (alleged…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Ancient Egyptian Empire with Dr. Uroš Matić
New Kingdom vs the World. This week we have an interview with Dr. Uroš Matić. Dr. Matić is a member of the Austrian Archaeological Institute, and tak…
3 years, 10 months ago
170: Horemheb and Ramesses
The Mother is Sweet, Born of the Sun. In the second half of Horemheb’s reign, Egypt’s Queen died in childbirth. Subsequently, pharaoh chose one of hi…
3 years, 11 months ago
169: Horemheb - Royal Tomb: Maverick
In the Valley of the Kings, Horemheb commissioned a magnificent tomb. Artistically innovative, it has one foot in the past and one in the future. Thi…
3 years, 11 months ago
168: Horemheb - Security in the Valley of the Kings
Securing the halls. In the 8th year of Horemheb's reign, a royal official named Maya visited a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. He was there to inspe…
3 years, 11 months ago
167: Horemheb, Reviving Deir el-Medina
Back in the village. In regnal year 7, Horemheb's officials turn up in western Thebes (Waset). They began reorganising the village of the tomb-builde…
3 years, 11 months ago
Egyptology News: Carter's Thefts? and Tutankhamun's Amulet
On August 13th, 2022, The Guardian (UK) ran a headline "Howard Carter stole Tutankhamun’s treasure, new evidence suggests." What's going on, exactly?…
4 years ago
166: Horemheb's Restoration (and Usurpation)
Horemheb vs Ay, Tutankhamun, and others. Everyone talks about Horemheb "erasing" Akhenaten. But the King demolished monuments of several rulers, and …
4 years ago