Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
121: Akhenaten, King of the World (Festival of Tribute)
Akhenaten (Part 11). By 1351 BCE, Akhenaten had achieved many of his early goals. His city, Akhet-Aten, was established, his religious ideas were rea…
6 years, 6 months ago
120: Queen Tiye, Reverend Mother
Akhenaten (Part 10): Queen Tiye's Retirement. For the first decade of Akhenaten's rule, his mother Tiye was a background figure. But we have more evi…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Doomed Prince (An Ancient Egyptian Fairytale)
Ancient Fairytales (Part 2). Sometime in the 18th Dynasty, perhaps around the time of Akhenaten, a fairy-tale became popular in Egypt. The story spok…
6 years, 7 months ago
The Tale of Two Brothers (An Ancient Egyptian Fairytale)
Ancient Fairytales (Part 1). In the late 18th or early 19th Dynasties, a story developed in Egypt. It told of two siblings, Anubis and Bata, who cont…
6 years, 7 months ago
119: Was Tutankhamun Akhenaten's Son?
Akhenaten (Part 9): A Royal Son. By 1352 BCE, Akhenaten and his family were well ensconced in the palaces of Amarna. The pharaoh could enjoy the comp…
6 years, 8 months ago
118b: Funding the Aten Temples
Around 1354 BCE (regnal year 8), Akhenaten took care to organise his new royal city. Among other things he expanded the agricultural domain which wou…
6 years, 8 months ago
118: The Temples of Aten
Amarna (Part 5): Great Temples. When he established his new residence-city, Akhenaten made special provision for his god’s house. Two great temples, …
6 years, 9 months ago
Interview: Akhnaten (a MetOpera cast)
In 1983, Philip Glass debuted his opera Akhnaten, a bold musical exploration of the pharaoh, his reign and his legacy. Now, Akhnaten returns in a new…
6 years, 9 months ago
117: Where Did Akhenaten Get His Ideas?
Precursors to Atenism.
The god Aten has a long history; and in the 18th Dynasty, many Egyptians were praising the sun god in a variety of forms (Ra, …
6 years, 9 months ago
116: Akhenaten's Great Hymn
Akhenaten (Part 7): The Great Hymn to Aten. In 1356 BCE, Egypt sweltered under the heat of Aten's rays; the god's servant, King Akhenaten, glorified …
6 years, 9 months ago