Podcast Episodes

Akhenaten Phase 1 (Summary)

The Story So Far... We've covered a lot since Amunhotep IV / Akhenaten appeared on the throne of Egypt. Today, we take a breather to sort it all out and summarise what we've seen so far. This will pu…

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

115b: Building Quickly

Amarna (Part 4): Raising a City in Haste.

When Akhenaten demanded a new royal residence (Akhet-Aten), it fell to countless labourers, overseers and donkeys to gather the material needed for the city. …

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

115: Hatiay's House

Amarna (Part 3): House of a Master Builder.

The Overseer of Works, Hatiay, was one of Akhenaten's most prominent and useful servants. He helped build pharaoh's new city, bringing the vision to life, b…

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

114b: Defining the Horizons

Amarna (Part 2): Akhenaten's Priorities and Mindset.

A short side episode, concerning Akhenaten's mind-set around the time he moved to Amarna. Did the King always plan this city? Did he want to live h…

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

114: Seeds of a City

In regnal year 5, Akhenaten decreed the foundations of his new city devoted to the sun god. One year later, the King returned to perform ceremonies and to review what had been completed...

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

113: Akhenaten, Effective for Aten

Akhenaten (Part 6): New Name, Who Dis? In regnal year 5, Amunhotep IV reached the conclusion of his early ideological development. His views had crystallized and he was ready to express them more exp…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

112: Artistic Revolution

Akhenaten (Part 5): Amarna Art.

Around the time of his Sed-Festival, Amunhotep IV introduced a whole new form of artistic representation. Royal imagery was reworked from the ground up, including new p…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

111: Aten the Royal God

Akhenaten (Part 4). In 1360 BCE, regnal year 3, King Nefer-kheperu-Re Amunhotep IV made some of his most startling decisions yet. Promoting the sun disc, Aten, even further, Amunhotep began to give t…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

110: The Aten Appears

Akhenaten (Part 3): Revelation of a Religion.

Soon after he came to power, Amunhotep IV (later Akhenaten) began to reveal his unique vision of god and the world. A remarkable amount of evidence surviv…

Published on 6 years, 7 months ago

Mini: Nefertiti and the Wreck of the Uluburun

Or, the Life Aquatic with Gold Scarabs... Around 1325 BCE (estimates vary) a vessel sank near the cape of Uluburun, Turkey. The cargo was immense: twenty tonnes of goods, including copper, ivory, orn…

Published on 6 years, 7 months ago